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In English
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Description:
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Maps and Tables -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- Part I. The Reformation and the Seventeenth Century -- 1. The Principality of Neuchatel -- 2. The Formation of Marriage, 1547-1706 -- 3. The Breakdown of Marriage, 1547-1706 -- Part II. The Prussian Era -- 4. The Formation of Marriage, 1707-1806 -- 5. The Breakdown of Marriage, 1707-1806 -- 6. The Causes of Change -- Bibliography -- Index
This is the first book to cover the marriage litigation of a given area for the entire early modern period. Using the exceptionally rich court records of Neuchatel, Jeffrey R. Watt analyzes both the socio-economic developments and the intellectual movements of the era to illustrate the transformation in the nature of marriage and the family