Maebh Harding @drmaebhharding.bsky.social · 13/12/2024In Spain in the 1930s you could be banned from remarrying in divorce proceedings if you had prostituted your first wife. #legalhistory #kiel #universityofhamburg 010
Maebh Harding @drmaebhharding.bsky.social · 13/12/2024The west coast of Norway was the epicentre of leprosy in the 19th century so you could get a divorce on the specific basis that your spouse had hidden their leprosy from you. #legalhistory #kieluniversity #universityofhamburg 010
Maebh Harding @drmaebhharding.bsky.social · 13/12/2024In 18th century Denmark you could get a divorce where your outlaw spouse engaged in dishonest crimes. Honest crimes were fine. #legalhistory #kiel 020
Maebh Harding @drmaebhharding.bsky.social · 13/12/2024At Kiel in North Germany to give a 20 min double handed paper with Rebecca Probert on the legal history of marriage regulation on these islands. 5 nations, 250 years, a whistlestop 20 slides with cool pictures. 130