Diverging Paths: A Brief History of Divorce

Author: (Canada) Phillips, R.
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Publication Date: 1998-02-01
Features: There is divorce for every marriage, and the history of marital breakdown and divorce is as old as the history of marriage itself. Why do people marry? Why do they still divorce after marriage? These questions are likely to have crossed the minds of every adult or be of interest to them. This book fulfills the readers' needs in this regard. It focuses on the history of marital breakdown and divorce in Western countries over the past thousand years. While discussing divorce, it also explores the purpose, content, sexuality, and some related social phenomena of marriage. The author studies this history of divorce against a broad background and offers relatively satisfactory explanations on how to view marriage and society, how to view the family, and how to view religion, morality, and social order.