Our final blog before Christmas is written in collaboration with project partner #WelshWomensAid. Here we explore how different forms of #domesticabuse were described before the #Divorce Court & consider how survivors articulated their experiences in the 19thC system. #Christmas #LegalHistory (1/10) - ThreadSky

divorcehistory.bsky.social • 74 days ago

Our final blog before Christmas is written in collaboration with project partner #WelshWomensAid. Here we explore how different forms of #domesticabuse were described before the #Divorce Court & consider how survivors articulated their experiences in the 19thC system. #Christmas #LegalHistory (1/10)

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divorcehistory.bsky.social•74 days ago

While this blog does explore a divorce case from the 19th century, it isn’t a normal post from us. Writing with our project partners Welsh Women’s Aid, we will be examining the 1894 divorce petition of Lucy Gregory, the wife of a clergyman from Hampstead, who experienced...’ (2/10)

divorcehistory.bsky.social•74 days ago

‘...multiple forms of abuse during her four-year marriage. Her story highlights that domestic abuse is an age-old problem, that it can happen to anyone, that it happens in public and in private, and that it occurs all year round. The framework that Lucy was forced to operate within...’ (3/10)

divorcehistory.bsky.social•74 days ago

‘...did not provide her with the vocabulary to describe the abuse she faced at the hand of her husband as anything other than ‘cruelty’, but, as we will explain, that does not mean she did not experience what we would today recognise as physical, sexual, and psychological abuse...’ (4/10)

divorcehistory.bsky.social•74 days ago

‘...and coercive control. As with so many living in abusive relationships today, the festive period was particularly difficult for Lucy, but it was far from unusual. If any of Lucy’s story resonates, or you have been affected by the contents of this blog post, you will find relevant links...’ (5/10)

divorcehistory.bsky.social•74 days ago

‘...and contact information for organisations who can offer advice and support at the bottom of the full blog post which you can find here https://hosting.northumbria.ac.uk/divorce_history/finding-the-words-descriptions-of-domestic-abuse-in-the-victorian-divorce-court/ (6/10)

divorcehistory.bsky.social•74 days ago

‘On Christmas Day 1893, Mrs Lucy Gregory was walking with her husband, the Reverend William Herbert Gregory, when he pushed her onto a footpath covered in snow. William refused to help her get up from the pavement and, according to Lucy’s testimony, he ‘...told her to lie there and die.’...’ (7/10)

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