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Milton, marriage, and a woman's right to divorce.(John Milton)

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From: Studies in English Literature, 1500-1900
Date: 19990101
Author:Biberman, Matthew

John Milton's idea of marriage as a contract between a man and a woman logically leads to the granting of divorce rights to women. His intensive study of 'Uxor Hebraica' by John Selden further strengthens the argument despite the absence of a specific article by him on the marriage rights of women. Milton's belief that a marriage ends when a couple decides to leave the marriage bed for any reason automatically grants the right to divorce to women.

Milton's reliance on John Selden's Uxor Hebraica [Jewish Wife] (1646) as a major source for his final position on divorce has been ...

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