It takes the average reader 3 hours and 20 minutes to read Clandestine Marriage in England, 1500-1850 by R. B. Outhwaite
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While marriages were supposed to be celebrated publicly by priests, in churches where the parties were known, many couples had reasons - among them parental disapproval, religious nonconformity, property considerations and previous entanglements - to marry in other ways. Clandestine marriage had represented a problem to the church and state, and to the rights of property, since the middle ages, eluding a variety of attempts to control it. By the eighteenth century it had become a scandal, with Fleet parsons marrying thousands of couples a year. In 1753 Lord Hardwicke's Marriage Act nullified...
Clandestine Marriage in England, 1500-1850 by R. B. Outhwaite is 196 pages long, and a total of 50,176 words.
This makes it 66% the length of the average book. It also has 61% more words than the average book.
The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 4 hours and 34 minutes to read Clandestine Marriage in England, 1500-1850 aloud.
Clandestine Marriage in England, 1500-1850 is suitable for students ages 12 and up.
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