Marriage Act
- Jennie Batchelor (University of Kent)
According to Lawrence Stone (in The Family, Sex and Marriage,
1500-1800
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Citation:
Batchelor, Jennie. "Marriage Act".
The Literary Encyclopedia. first published 02 April 2004
[http://www.litencyc.com/php/stopics.php?rec=true&UID=689, accessed 03 September 2010.]
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