My #books are in all #formats from #physical & online stores #TheGreatFlood swept #SouthWales& #WestEngland victims thought it was Noah reprised do we re e being punished for sins. #MrBridges #microcosm giant touring #automata educated, entertained, inspired #technology #WifeSelling #WomensRights
My #books are available in all formats from physical & online stores @TheGreatFloodOf1607 disaster swept across S. Wales, River Severn & WestEngland. Mr Bridges giant #automata toured for 40 years Britain & Americas entertaining, inspiring science & #technology #WifeSelling #history #WomensRights
My books are available in all formats from physical & online stores @TheGreatFloodOf1606 #HenryBridges giant travelling #automata that entertained & inspired #science & #technology #WifeSelling when #English marriages failed and #divorce was impossible some chose to sell the wife & start again
Scolds bridle from Ashmolean museum
Image of woman with halter round her neck on sale in market surrounded by men
Book cover
My #book on #WifeSelling describes how when young people moved to towns they often married in haste and fell out so some couples chose to sell the wife to her new #beau. Also describes the use of #ScoldsBridles. In all formats from physical & online stores. #WomensHistory #Familyhistory
My #book on #WifeSelling describes how when young people moved to towns for better lives they often married in haste & soon fell out. The solution for some was to sell woman to her new partner. Held in public for openness, often with halter round her neck. In all formats. Physical & online stores
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Thomas Schooler paid him “two dollars & a half dozen bowls of grogg” for her, her bedding, & her clothing. Ghosts of #WmnHist still haunt. HowSexGotScrewedUp.com #WifeSelling
Poster from Leominster Priory of Ducking Stool used in 1809 in adjacent streams
#DuckingStool was used to parade the victim round the town before ducking her in stream.
My book FrolicksomeWomenTroublesomeWives
My #book on #WifeSelling also describes the punishment of #DuckingScolds. Based on the idea the women were overheated, so needed cooling off. No age was cited for any victims so I wonder if the victims were suffering #menopausal #HotFlushes #WomensHistory #RealLife
The best known site of #WifeSelling was #SmithfieldMarket in London. During the #NapoleonicWars French officers as POW’s were often granted leave and witnessed the events, and suggested it was commonplace. See my book @FrolicksomeWomen&TroublesomwWives in all formats from physical & online stores
My #books are still on sale in all formats from online stores and can be ordered from physical stores. #automata #Technology #wifeselling #WomensHistory #extremeweather
My #book on #WifeSelling is available in all formats from #physical & #online stores. When young people moved to towns for better lives they often married in hast but some soon regretted so agreed sale of wife thinking it legal if held in public space
My #book on #WifeSelling is available in all formats, from physical & online stores. It describes how #divorce was unaffordable for most couples so when #Marriages failed, some couples chose to sell the wife in public, believing this was legal.
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My #book on #WifeSelling shows women earned their dowry before marriage so had more #rights than often claimed. Couples celebrated sales with dinners, rang church bells. Fascinating insight into lives of working people. In all formats in physical & online stores including #WomensHistory
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My #HistoryBooks are still available in all formats from all outlets or you can ask your local #library to stock them. #TheGreatFloodOf1607 #ExtremeWrather #WifeSelling #WomensRights #VirginiaHistory #Manumission #ScienceHistory #Technology #TravellingShows
Day trip to #Newport. Gallery is stocking my books on #WifeSelling and #TheGreatFloodOf1607. Fingers crossed!
A favourite piece of research from #Exhibition #TheLondonDead. Adventurer #JorgenJorgenson granted #reprieve if he left the country. He features in my book on #WifeSelling chased down the Main Street of #Hobart by his #rollingpin wielding #wife #history #research
It’s always been that way. Widows had full legal rights & powers. Marriage was a partnership that lasted beyond death of one if them. Much of his and more is covered in my book on #wifeselling
Reviews for my book @FrolicksomeWomenTroublesomeWives #WifeSelling debunking statement were always oppressed in the past. #history
My #book on #WifeSelling shows Joe #English couples dealt with failed marriages b4 divorce was affordable. They celebrated with dinners, bell ringing & registered agreements in market books. They even rang church bells. Available in all formats from physical & online shops
My books #FrolicksomeWomen on #WifeSelling when #divorce was impossible some couples found other solutions to failed #marriages
#TheGreatFloodOf1607 swept south #Wales& England. Seen as repeat of #Noah so though #God was punishing them.
From physical & online shops, print & ebooks
My #book on #WifeSelling shows how couples with failed marriages believed they could agree a sale in public & both could start again with new partners. Never legal nor illegal but some new relationships were happy & long lived. Available in all formats from online & physical stores
My book on #WifeSelling is not about a degrading practice but a means for couples to start again when marriages failed. #Divorce was for very rich so some couples held ceremonies in public, believing them legal. Some were very successful. Available in soft, hardback. From physical & online shops
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My #book on #WifeSelling describes the problems of #affordable #divorce in #England and how some couples resolved them by public sales. They signed market books, had celebratory meals, even rang church bells etc. Available in physical & online stores. In soft & hardback & ebooks.
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