Courtship, sex and poverty: illegitimacy in eighteenth-century Wales

This article sheds new light on illegitimacy in eighteenth-century Britain through an analysis of evidence from 36 parishes across the former Welsh counties Montgomeryshire and Radnorshire. Quantitative analysis of illegitimacy ratios demonstrates that levels were significantly higher in certain, bu...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Social history (London) 2018-01, Vol.43 (1), p.56-80
1. Verfasser:	Muir, Angela Joy
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	18th century Birth rate Britain British culture Counties Courtship Cultural change Cultural differences Demographics Economic opportunities eighteenth century gender Historians Illegitimacy Industrialization Marriage customs old poor law Parishes Poverty Quantitative analysis Sexual behavior Social control Wales
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