Dr Diane Ranyard
@dianeranyard.bsky.social
Historian researching marriage & divorce @ Northumbria Law School working on ESRC funded @divorcehistory.bsky.social. Interested in social, cultural, legal, gender, class & emotions history
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...had deserted him in September 1900 after informing him that ‘she did not intend to live with him again’. If you’d like to find out what happened next, and why we saw Mary Alice and John Burke back in the Divorce Court you can read our latest blog here shorturl.at/F6F80 (16/16)
If at first, you don’t succeed...Remarriage and the Divorce Court - A New Methodological Approach to the History of Divorce, 1857-1923
In our last blog we focused on suits for restitution of conjugal rights and how they could be used in repeat applications to the Divorce Court as a means to prove desertion in a divorce case and circumvent the usual two-year period of desertion. In this blog we’re going to continue with the theme of […]
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May 15, 2025 at 8:12 AM
...had deserted him in September 1900 after informing him that ‘she did not intend to live with him again’. If you’d like to find out what happened next, and why we saw Mary Alice and John Burke back in the Divorce Court you can read our latest blog here shorturl.at/F6F80 (16/16)
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Thanks to @hartpublishing.bsky.social you can also read the Introduction of the book for free here: tinyurl.com/bdfe8u9d #womenshistory #legalhistory Image Credit: London – St Saviours Church, Southwark by Chronicle/ Alamy Stock Photo (11/11)
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March 28, 2025 at 9:07 AM
Thanks to @hartpublishing.bsky.social you can also read the Introduction of the book for free here: tinyurl.com/bdfe8u9d #womenshistory #legalhistory Image Credit: London – St Saviours Church, Southwark by Chronicle/ Alamy Stock Photo (11/11)
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Find out what happened to Margaret by reading the rest of this blog on our website tinyurl.com/4tz2wb34 This is also the topic of a new book by Dr Jennifer Aston and Professor Olive Anderson, Deserted Wives and Economic Divorce in 19th Century England and Wales: For Wives Alone. (10/11)
The Most Radical Legislation of the Nineteenth Century: ‘Wherefore She Prays for an Order for the Protection of her Earnings and Property’ - A New Methodological Approach to the History of Divorce, 1857-1923
On an unseasonably warm Wednesday in May 1825, Miss Margaret Shands travelled to St Saviour’s Church, Southwark, to marry mariner, Alexander Christie. They set up home together on Watling Street in the City of London and were joined by a daughter, Rebecca in 1827, and a son, William, in 1830. The Christie’s marriage (perhaps unsurprisingly, […]
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March 28, 2025 at 9:07 AM
Find out what happened to Margaret by reading the rest of this blog on our website tinyurl.com/4tz2wb34 This is also the topic of a new book by Dr Jennifer Aston and Professor Olive Anderson, Deserted Wives and Economic Divorce in 19th Century England and Wales: For Wives Alone. (10/11)
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...you can read our latest blog here: hosting.northumbria.ac.uk/divorce_hist... #genealogy #familyhistory #history #marriage #divorce #letters (9/9)
‘Are [you] prepared to put away this woman and make a home for me...’: applications for restitution of conjugal rights in the Divorce Court - A New Methodological Approach to the History of Divorce, 1857-1923
What was a restitution of conjugal rights? Divorce was the most common form of litigation in the Divorce Court. But as we discussed in an earlier blog, there were other forms of litigation available to deal with marital discord. In this blog we’re going to focus on one of those, a restitution of conjugal rights, […]
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March 19, 2025 at 9:07 AM
...you can read our latest blog here: hosting.northumbria.ac.uk/divorce_hist... #genealogy #familyhistory #history #marriage #divorce #letters (9/9)
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If you’d like to read more about the J77 files so that you can use them in your own research, or find out more about our trip then read our latest blog post here: hosting.northumbria.ac.uk/divorce_hist... (9/9)
New Year, New Stage of the Project! Our visit to The National Archives, Kew - A New Methodological Approach to the History of Divorce, 1857-1923
Last week we got to an exciting point in the project, with a visit to our Project Partners, The National Archives at their site in Kew. We, the Principal Investigator, Dr Jennifer Aston and Senior Research Assistant, Dr Diane Ranyard, spent 5 days exploring the archives. So why were we there? Our trip was a […]
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February 18, 2025 at 9:10 AM
If you’d like to read more about the J77 files so that you can use them in your own research, or find out more about our trip then read our latest blog post here: hosting.northumbria.ac.uk/divorce_hist... (9/9)