Double Lives: Stories of Bigamy in England and Wales, 1604-2024
Author:   Professor Rebecca Probert (University of Exeter, UK)
Publisher:   Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
ISBN:  

9781509979486


Pages:   320
Publication Date:   28 May 2026
Format:   Hardback
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Double Lives: Stories of Bigamy in England and Wales, 1604-2024


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Author:   Professor Rebecca Probert (University of Exeter, UK)
Publisher:   Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Imprint:   Hart Publishing
ISBN:  

9781509979486


ISBN 10:   1509979484
Pages:   320
Publication Date:   28 May 2026
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  College/higher education ,  Professional & Vocational ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Forthcoming
Availability:   Manufactured on demand   Availability explained

Table of Contents

1. Introduction 2. Married or Not? Denying the Ceremony 3. ‘Being Married’: Challenging the Validity of the Marriage 4. Alive or Dead? Presuming the Fate of the First Spouse 5. The Defence of Divorce 6. The Defence of Separation 7. Accidental Bigamy: Mistaken Beliefs 8. Brief and Broken Marriages 9. Bigamy by Agreement and Double Remarriages 10. Overlapping Relationships, Affairs, and Simultaneous Families 11. Fraudsters, Fortune-Hunters, and the Super-Bigamists 12. After the Trial: What Happened Next? 13. Escaping Prosecution: Who and Why 14. The Possibly Apocryphal and the Definitely Invented 15. Conclusion

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Rebecca Probert is Professor of Law at the University of Exeter, UK.

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