The Trouble With Love
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- Episode
- Courting Disaster
- Broadcast Info
- 2002 (29 mins)
- Description
- Examining an 18th century case in which unwanted pregnancy, misunderstanding & rejection led a widow & her lover to court. Until a 1753 act of parliament, marriages were sealed through sex, presents or promises rather than in church, & people could not be sure whether they were lovers or husband and wife.
- Genre
- History; Culture
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The Open University, "The Trouble With Love". https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/ou/search/index.php/prog/6465 (Accessed 12 Jan 2025)