This study of cohabitation in nineteenth-century England is based on research into the lives of hundreds of couples. 'Common-law' marriages did not have any legal basis, and the courts reacted with ambiguity, upholding cohabitation in some instances and punishing it in others.
"Living in sin is the first book-length study of cohabitation in nineteenth-century England, based on research into the lives of hundreds of couples. 'Common-law' marriages did not have any legal basis, so the Victorian courts had to wrestle with unions that resembled marriage i…
"Living in sin is the first book-length study of cohabitation in nineteenth-century England, based on research into the lives of hundreds of couples. 'Common-law' marriages did not have any legal basis, so the Victorian courts had to wrestle with unions that resembled marriage i…