Marriage, dispensation and divorce during the years of Henry VIII's "great matter": a local case study
Owen, G; Probert, RJ
Date: 24 April 2019
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Journal
Law and Humanities
Publisher
Taylor & Francis (Routledge)
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Abstract
The legal changes which underpinned Henry VIII’s various marriages, and in particular the
dizzying speed with which certain types of marriage were prohibited, and others permitted, in
order to validate the union with the wife of the moment, have been the subject of extensive
discussion
as well as featuring in novels, plays and ...
The legal changes which underpinned Henry VIII’s various marriages, and in particular the
dizzying speed with which certain types of marriage were prohibited, and others permitted, in
order to validate the union with the wife of the moment, have been the subject of extensive
discussion
as well as featuring in novels, plays and films.
What is less well known is whether
these changes had any impact on the general populace. Given the assumption that annulments
on the basis of the marriage being within the prohibited degrees were rare,
the topic has
attracted little consideration. In this article we will show, through a particularly rich case study,
just how profound the impact of these legal changes could be.
Law School
Faculty of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences
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