Author: Robert Elliott
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Category : Elopement
Languages : en
Pages : 118

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Accounts of clandestine marriages reportedly performed in Gretna Green, Scotland, in the early nineteenth century.

Author: Robert ELLIOTT (the Gretna Green Parson.)
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Languages : en
Pages : 260

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Author: Robert Elliott
Publisher: Forgotten Books
ISBN: 9780282392017
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 106

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Excerpt from The Gretna Green Memoirs: With an Introduction and Appendix Attained some eminence in the state, the consequence of popularity earned by the talented vindication and promotion of great public principles, melt at the touch of treasury gold, and who gradually bury their own self esteem beneath the tinfoil gilding of a title. In political literature, the universal venality of one portion of the press may be said to have passed into a proverb, and the real history of the sudden desertion of one of its most important members from the popular cause, and. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Author: Robert Elliott
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ISBN: 9781016990066
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 0

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Category : Catalogs, Booksellers'
Languages : en
Pages : 1348

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Category : Bibliography
Languages : en
Pages : 632

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Author: Maggs Bros
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Category : Booksellers' catalogs
Languages : en
Pages : 164

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Author: Maggs Bros
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Category : Antiquarian booksellers
Languages : en
Pages : 942

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Languages : en
Pages : 850

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Author: George P. Monger
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN: 1598846647
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 813

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This book presents a comprehensive overview of global courtship and marriage customs, from ancient history to contemporary society, demonstrating the vast differences as well as the similarities across all of human culture. This second edition of Marriage Customs of the World examines historical context, social significance, and current trends and controversies of matrimony in the Western world as well as other cultures. Apart from detailing the ceremonies from specific countries, the book identifies specific elements of the wedding event and discusses them in a comparative manner, showcasing the similarities across cultures. The new content in this work includes additional information on courtship and how future spouses are found in other cultures; marriage in art, cinema, theater, and poetry; wedding bands; forced marriages and shotgun weddings; New Year's weddings; legislation regarding marriage; and engagement practices. Entries carried over from the first edition have been revised and updated as well. With its broad scope and consideration of contemporary issues alongside historical information, this work will be ideal for high school and undergraduate students; scholars of anthropology, social studies, and history; and general readers.