Georgian Courtship: love and marriage in 18th-century England
You're Dead to Me
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The Nuanced Window
Lydia and Barnaby have gone down the aisle. They've shacked up and it's a happy ever after. But what about honeymoon Sally? Do you get to Paris? Do you take two weeks off to go and tour the counties? I have a little honeymoon, but it wouldn't necessarily be on your own. Quite a lot of marriages were conducted in prison. It was quite common. Death is jail. A guy who was put in prison for conducting illegal marriages who continued doing marriages while in prison. Marriage also completely changed the balance of power between men and women. So actually finding a match that ticked all of those boxes, love, rank, religion, similar disposition
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