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In our latest blog we explore restitution of conjugal rights. A type of matrimonial cause available in the #DivorceCourt to deal with #desertion, #childcustody and #maintenance issues that could also be used as evidence of desertion in a #divorce case hosting.northumbria.ac.uk/divorce_hist...

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In January we got to an exciting point in the project, with a visit to our Project Partners #NationalArchivesUK in Kew. We, the Principal Investigator @drjenniferaston.bsky.social and Senior Research Assistant @dianeranyard.bsky.social spent 5 days at the archives. So why were we there? (1/9)

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As it’s Sexual Abuse and Sexual Violence Awareness Week we’re resharing a blog written in collaboration with our project partner #WelshWomensAid #ITSNOTOK #domesticabuse #LegalHistory tinyurl.com/4y85uy3t

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Find out what we've been working on recently in our latest blog 'New Year, New Stage of the Project! Our visit to #TheNationalArchives, Kew' hosting.northumbria.ac.uk/divorce_hist... #archives #divorce #Ancestry #legalhistory #genealogy #familyhistory #history

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As today (the first Monday of the year) is known as #DivorceDay our latest blog looks at a case from the Victorian Divorce Court that began in early January 1898 tinyurl.com/hcvb49n8 #Divorce #Separation #LegalHistory #History #Genealogy #FamilyHistory #TheNationalArchivesUK #Ancestry

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Merry Christmas from us to you 🎄🎁💙 We launched Trending Topics today, and you can find it by tapping the search icon on the bottom bar of the app or the right sidebar on desktop.

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In case you missed our latest blog, Finding the Words: Descriptions of Domestic Abuse in the Victorian Divorce Court, is written in collaboration with project partner #WelshWomensAid. You can read the blog on our website here: tinyurl.com/4y85uy3t #Divorce #Christmas #DomesticAbuse #History

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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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In our latest blog, what happened when the literary agent who founded the company that represented #AgathaChristie, was brought before the Divorce Court to answer for his adulterous relationship with a married woman? tinyurl.com/bp56jccx #Adultery #Divorce #LegalHistory #History #Genealogy

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On 16 April 1917, a petition for divorce was filed at the Principal Registry in London by Mr. Edward Jan Hoos, a banker who lived in Eaton Place, London. He was alleging that his wife, Gwyneth Alice Hoos had ‘…frequently committed adultery…’, with a named co-respondent... (1/10)

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One last push (I promise!) If anyone is at a loose end in London tonight, or online anywhere then consider coming to hear about the more than 20,000 deserted wives in mid #19thC England & Wales who-for just a few shillings-reclaimed their rights to their children, bodies & property. #history 💙📚 🗃 🌳

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Great news, Joe, many thanks 😊

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As part of #DisabilityHistoryMonth, we thought we’d revisit our blog called Deafness in the Divorce Court, an example of how #deaf litigants navigated their way through the Victorian Divorce Court. #DeafAwarenes #Legalhistory #genealogy On 25 July 1876, a solicitor by the name of Redgrave... (1/9)

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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. (1/11)

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Hello blue sky people! About me…. I wrote this book just before I left my job as a history professor last year to retrain as a school teacher. uk.bookshop.org/p/books/the-...

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i am really hungover is anyone else seeing this #Strictly

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I had to buy my own copy, but happy to see this out in the world

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Discover the story behind PI @drjenniferaston.bsky.social's writing partnership with the late Prof. Olive Anderson and their co-authored book, Deserted Wives and Economic Divorce published yesterday @hartpublishing.bsky.social 🗃️ 🌳 🧬 💙📚 #History #19thC #Divorce www.northumbria.ac.uk/about-us/new...

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It's Publication [email protected] & Prof Olive Anderson’s new book Deserted Wives & Economic Divorce is out now @hartpublishing.bsky.social 🥳 Read the Intro for free tinyurl.com/bdfe8u9d & check out our latest blog post tinyurl.com/4tz2wb34 🌳🧬📚🗃️ #19thC #history #legalhistory #divorce

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🧵I finally have my grubby mitts on my new book! Writing it & discovering 20,000+ women who regained their legal autonomy has been an amazing experience. It has been an incredible privilege to work with Olive Anderson's archive, more on that here: bloomsburycp3.codemantra.com/viewer/67000... 🌳 🧬 🗃 💙📚

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Hey! We’ve compiled a starter pack of museums, galleries, archives and libraries in the UK who are right here on Bluesky 🦋 go.bsky.app/9o1sRWp

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Thought I’d give this old starter pack thing a go and start gathering those sharing writing tools, tips or their own #FamilyHistory stories go.bsky.app/Jr2tGDA

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The start of an Interwar History pack - some fantastic people here! If you research, write or post on anything to do with the interwar period, please do let me know and I can add you Am happy to interpret Interwar liberally; road to WW2, shadow of WWI and everything in between! go.bsky.app/T21gSU

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A starting point for #Genealogy on Bluesky! Let me know if you would like to be added to it! If you’re interested & post about genealogy / family history — happy to add you (if I haven’t already) go.bsky.app/GMfGrzr Please repost this to help share with others!

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What was the most radical piece of legislation in 19thC England?! @drjenniferaston.bsky.social makes the case for Orders of Protection under Section 21 of the Divorce & Matrimonial Causes Act 1857 in our latest blog post. tinyurl.com/4tz2wb34 @hartpublishing.bsky.social #BookSky #legalhistory 🗃️🧬🌳

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Local History (Britain) starter pack. Let me know if you'd like to be added! go.bsky.app/V4F5xXC #LocalHistory #CommunityHistory #OnePlaceStudies

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I made a Starter Pack for Women's and Gender History because when I looked yesterday I couldn't seen one - sorry if it's now been superseded. You know the drill by now: please just let me know if you'd like to be added, and equally if you'd prefer not to be listed, just shout. go.bsky.app/KR9qXhj

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Hi friends! I've been trying really hard to keep this list diverse. Recommendations welcome, especially of BIPOC & queer (etc.) public historians whose voices you'd like to see elevated here! go.bsky.app/53FhZd1

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It's great to have new followers and to see so many historians on bsky. If you're interested in finding out about the project I'm working on with PI @drjenniferaston.bsky.social about the history of divorce then give us a follow on bsky.app/profile/divo...

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I'm trying to find my people on Bluesky so I put together at #starterpack of historians (academic and public) based in Britain. If you're out there and not on the list, please give me a shout! Conversely, if I have misidentified you as being in Britain, let me know. go.bsky.app/Fpw6Tvr

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'Modern British History' - new starter pack of historians, archive & museum accounts, and other Blueskyers who research, write about or regularly post on aspects of British history from 1900 onwards. Let us know if we've missed you out (or if you'd like to be removed)... bsky.app/starter-pack...

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Here’s our second blog, a brief introduction to the Divorce Court. Including its creation in 1858 as a civil court and the type of cases spouses could pursue there to deal with marital discord #divorce #legalhistory #familyhistory #genealogy #genealogists hosting.northumbria.ac.uk/divorce_hist...

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In my study of deserted wives in early twentieth-century Glasgow, only a handful obtained a divorce. One was Elizabeth Harvie, the wife of a formerly prosperous house factor who had been brought down by drink and deserted her and their children repeatedly. 1/6 🗃️

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Finally here on BlueSky, with a page for our #ESRC funded project, A New Methodological Approach to the History of Divorce 1857-1923, with @drjenniferaston.bsky.social @dianeranyard.bsky.social at Northumbria Law School. Follow us for updates and to learn more about the history of divorce...

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