Involuntary Separations: Catholic Wives, Imprisoned Husbands, and State Authority
In the 1580s and 1590s, the English state required that all subjects of the crown attend the Protestant state church. Those who refused (called recusants) faced imprisonment as part of the government’s attempt to bring them into religious conformity. Those imprisonments forced involuntary marital se...
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MDPI AG
2022-09-01
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| Series: | Genealogy |
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| Online Access: | https://www.mdpi.com/2313-5778/6/4/79 |