L&T Archive 1998-2003

Legality of marriages
In Response To: I'm no expert, but... ()

There's quite a bit in the archives here (and also on the MP board) on the issue of cousin marriages - yes, they were legal, and still are in Britain. (Caroline: could we put it in the FAQ? This one comes up very often, usually in connection with MP rather than Darcy & Lady Anne.)

Marrying a deceased wife's sister was legal in JA's time, but not later on in the 19th century (again, check the archives).

The legality of marrying a brother's divorced wife is exactly the sort of nitty problem that the denizens of the L&T board love to get stuck into ;-)

Messages In This Thread

Prohibitions on marriage
I'm no expert, but...
Legality of marriages
Divorce is Divorce
Just women?
Think it through with me.....
So then...
Hang on, hang on
Obviously I'm confused--again ;-)
No, you are right.....
Mistresses
Grounds for divorce
Remarrying
Divorce of Marquess of Anglesey
Splendid stuff (nfm)
Georgiana's inheritance
Divorce
divorce
crim. cons.
Divorce is RARE and remarriage depends upon type of divorce
Thank you.....
Ah...
Annulments
Divorce of mensa et thoro and deeds of separation
Private separations
So,which was more likely for Mrs Rushworth and Mr Brandon? (nfm)
Rushworth
Brandons...
Isn't it infuriating?
More or less
English vs Scottish Divorce (Kat changed to Kat8)
... something that Lawrence Stone would write about ...
Church of England v. Catholic church
Table of Kindred and Affinity
Affinity before Henry
papal dispensations
Your'e right here
yuck (nfm)
source on consanguinity in Catholic marriages
Mr. Knightley and Emma
Russia and "War and Peace"
Double-first cousins
Young Knightleys beware!
And young Ferrars/Dashwoods
consanguinity-sidenote
On the other hand...
dispensations
Napoleon
wow
Right, and....