This article examines the life circumstances of the mid-Victorian women who petitioned for dissolution of their marriage by commencing proceedings for nullity or divorce at the Court for Divorce and Matrimonial Causes in two sample years, 1858 and 1868. The results of a longitudinal analysis of multiple source records relating to the women petitioners challenge currently accepted understandings of these proceedings. Contrary to official reports at the time, the majority of female petitioners in the sample years remarried and did so promptly, suggesting that the ability to regularise new unions (current or prospective) was an important consideration for them. The conduct of proceedings, considered in the context of the social and economic circumstances of the parties (including their age, occupation, and family size), reveals a heretofore undiscovered prevalence of undefended divorce and suggests, in effect, a tacitly accepted practice of divorce by consent.

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重新打结？维多利亚时代中期英国同意再婚和离婚

本文考察了 1858 年和 1868 年两个样本年，通过在离婚和婚姻法院提起无效或离婚诉讼来申请解除婚姻的维多利亚时代中期妇女的生活状况。纵向分析的结果与女请愿人有关的多个来源记录对目前对这些诉讼程序的公认理解提出质疑。与当时的官方报告相反，样本年份中的大多数女性请愿者再婚并且很快就结婚了，这表明使新工会（当前或未来）正规化的能力对她们来说是一个重要的考虑因素。根据当事人的社会和经济情况（包括他们的年龄、职业和家庭人数）考虑诉讼程序的进行，