Divorce and separations in eighteenth-century France
An outline for a social history of law
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12447337 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Giacomo Francini (corresponding author) |
| Year | 1997 |
| Volume | 2 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 99-113 |
| Publication date | 1997-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The History of the Family (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1081-602X • E-ISSN: 1873-5398 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1016/s1081-602x(97)90012-9 |
| OpenAlex | W2078533136 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 6 |
Marriage breakdown is now common in western society, but it is hardly a new phenomenon. The article investigates the mechanisms and juridical representations of divorce and separation in eighteenth-century France, and argues that if in that century divorce was connected to the secularization of the state, during the 1789 Revolution it gained a new autonomy because of the efforts to add a new article at the universal declaration of human rights. The images of divorce still current today suggest an eighteenth-century past when marriage dissolution was conceived of as a phenomenon involving a more inclusive context of relations and not just as an isolated element of the social reality. Then, discussion of marriage as well as of divorce belonged to a larger domain of family relations and social attitudes, as is evident in the civic representations of these phenomena
Autonomy · Context (archaeology · Declaration · Epistemology · Family law · Phenomenon · Political science · Secularization · Sociology · State (computer science · European Political History Analysis · Historical Studies and Socio-cultural Analysis · History · Law · Philosophy · Religion, Gender, and Enlightenment
| Unique citing works | 1 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,08 |
| Citation span | 2014 - 2014 (1) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |