Living in sin cohabiting as husband and wife in nineteenth-century England /

Frost, Ginger Suzanne, 1962-

Living in sin cohabiting as husband and wife in nineteenth-century England / [electronic resource] : Ginger S. Frost. - Manchester, U.K. ; New York : New York : Manchester University Press ; Distributed exclusively in the USA by Palgrave Macmillan, c2008. - vii, 264 p. - Gender in history .

Includes bibliographical references (p. 236-254) and index.

Cohabitation, illegitimacy, and the law in England, 1750-1914 -- Violence and cohabitation in the courts -- Affinity and consanguinity -- Bigamy and cohabitation -- Adulterous cohabitation -- The 'other Victorians' : the demimonde and the very poor -- Cross-class cohabitation -- Radical couples, 1790-1850 -- Radical couples, 1850-1914.


Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.

9781847791412 (electronic bk.)




Unmarried couples--History--England--19th century.


Electronic books.

HQ803.5 / .F76 2008

306.84/1094209034