“I Beg You Take Me from Here”: Spousal Abandonment and the Experience of Separation in Flight from Persecution

Spousal separation and abandonment was prevalent through the medieval and early modern worlds. However, women experienced the traumatic and damaging consequences of these separations far more often than their male counterparts. These instances were only multiplied by the political and social upheava...

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Main Author: Timothy J. Orr
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2022-09-01
Series:Genealogy
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2313-5778/6/3/76