Wiltshire Marriage Patterns 1754-1914

Geographical Mobility, Cousin Marriage and Illegitimacy
1. Auflage 2013
ISBN: 978-1-4438-4535-9
Verlag: Cambridge Scholars Publishing

Buch, Englisch, 270 Seiten

This is the first study to use pedigrees of a mainstream English population to determine cousin marriage rates amongst ordinary labourers, tradesmen and farmers, and to demonstrate the association between cousin marriage, occupation, religious affiliation, geographical mobility and illegitimate reproductive experience. Using birthplace rather than place of residence, it shows the geographical source of spouses, their parents and grandparents. The marriage prospects of parents of illegitimate children and the children themselves are described, along with the association between being the mother of an illegitimate child and both low geographical mobility and high rates of cousin marriage.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Day, Cathy

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Europäische Länder England, UK, Irland: Regional & Stadtgeschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Mentalitäts- und Sozialgeschichte
• Rechtswissenschaften Recht, Rechtswissenschaft Allgemein Rechtsgeschichte, Recht der Antike
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtswissenschaft Allgemein Historische Geographie, Landkarten & Atlanten
• Geowissenschaften Geographie | Raumplanung Humangeographie Historische Geographie

Über Autor(innen)

Day, Cathy
Dr Cathy Day is a Visiting Fellow at the School of Archaeology and Anthropology at the Australian National University, where she completed her PhD, upon which this book is based. She also holds post graduate degrees in applied linguistics and in electrical engineering, and undergraduate degrees in Asian studies and in arts.