Divorce in Early Modern Neuchâtel, 1547-1806

Bibliographic Data

ID6079970
AuthorsJeffrey R Watts (0000-0003-4579-7562, University of Mississippi, corresponding author), Jeffrey R Watt (University of Mississippi)
Year1989
Volume14
Issue2
Pages137-155
Publication date1989-06-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Family History (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0363-1990 • E-ISSN: 1552-5473
PublisherSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/036319908901400203
OpenAlexW2000924455
LanguageDE
Citations received2
References cited13

Analysis of all divorce litigation extant in Neuchâtel from the introduction of divorce in the mid-sixteenth century to the early nineteenth century suggests substantial changes, both quantitative and qualitative, over this long period. The proportion of couples going through divorce remained a small minority during the whole period, but the reasons for requesting divorce and the grounds on which divorce was granted changed, with the most noteworthy changes ap pearing in the second half of the eighteenth century. It may be said that by the end of the eighteenth century matrimoniul courts in Neuchâtel had begun to nurture componionate marriage

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