and among American Mormons in the 19th century. Polygamy is still common across much of the Muslim world. The idea of marriage as a sexually exclusive, romantic union between one man and one woman ...
Her brother Fred – that staple of the 19th-century novel, the young man pursued by debtors – has to redeem himself before he is allowed near his potential bride. But the key story is of the ...
Marriage for working-class women was an economic necessity in 19th-century Britain ... Grace, on account of her supposed subordinate role in the killings, and her femininity, escaped the noose.