Gibson, K.L. (2016) Marriage Choice and Kinship among the English Catholic Elite, 1680-1730. Journal of Family History, 41 (2). pp. 144-164. ISSN 1552-5473
Abstract
Historians of marriage have long debated an individual choice versus kin-based marriage strategy, emphasizing financial gain, patronage, and political alliance as the primary goals of kin. This article challenges the dominance of a Protestant evidence base and a failure to recognize religious motivations in the history of marriage. Examining a Catholic recusant family, it argues that the preservation of Catholicism was a primary imperative that increased kin control over marriage. Marriage was utilized as part of a survival strategy, in response to the chronic insecurity faced by the English elite Catholic community in this period.
Metadata
Item Type: | Article |
---|---|
Authors/Creators: |
|
Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2016 The Author(s). This is an author produced version of a paper subsequently published in Journal of Family History. Uploaded in accordance with the publisher's self-archiving policy. |
Dates: |
|
Institution: | The University of Sheffield |
Academic Units: | The University of Sheffield > Faculty of Arts and Humanities (Sheffield) > Department of History (Sheffield) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Sheffield |
Date Deposited: | 13 Apr 2016 15:35 |
Last Modified: | 16 Nov 2016 10:31 |
Published Version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0363199016635215 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | SAGE Publications |
Refereed: | Yes |
Identification Number: | 10.1177/0363199016635215 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:97692 |