Sin, sanctity and the sister-in-law marriage with a deceased wife's sister in the nineteenth century / by David G. Barrie.

Author/creator Barrie, David G.
Format Electronic
Publication InfoNew York : Routledge, 2018.
Descriptionpages cm
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Subjects
Marriage with deceased wife's sister--Great Britain. --History. --19th century.
Marriage with deceased wife's sister--England. --History. --19th century.
Marriage with deceased wife's sister--Scotland. --History. --19th century.
Marriage with deceased wife's sister--Social aspects. --Great Britain.

Contents Introduction -- "A passage in our history which we could not look back upon without shame": the roots of discontent, c.1835-48 -- Restraining the "devil in our sisters" : James Wortley's marriage affinity bills and the Scottish response, 1849-51 -- The "misery of Scotch law" : political discourses, legal precedents and cultural representations, c.1851-69 -- "Sleeping while the enemy is busy sowing his tares" : the challenge to scripture, c.1851-88 -- "The man is everything, and the woman nothing" : protecting, purifying and conceptualising the family, 1862-88 -- "It is too readily assumed that all those who are opposed to this kind of marriage are idiots" : public opinion, print and personal conscience, 1862-1906 -- "It is time this controversy should end" : reform and reaction -- Conclusion: a woman's question, a man's need, a class's interest?.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
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LCCN 2018007609
ISBN9780815370925