The Long Eighteenth Century was the Age of Revolutions, including the first sexual revolution. In this era, sexual toleration began and there was a marked incre

This book examines the intersections between the ways that marriage was represented in eighteenth-century writing and art, experienced in society, and regulated

The Long Eighteenth Century was the Age of Revolutions, including the first sexual revolution. In this era, sexual toleration began and there was a marked incre

This book uses a wide range of primary sources - legal, literary and demographic - to provide a radical reassessment of eighteenth-century marriage. It disprove

The eighteenth-century bishops of the Church of England and its sister communions had immense status and authority in both secular society and the Church. They