Anonymous
    TRIAL OF THE QUEEN OF ENGLAND
Édition :
    Paris
Date :
    n.d. circa 1815
    2 vols., temporary binding, 2 engraved portraits at the beginning of each vol., 108 / 108 p.
    This is an amusing account of the divorce proceedings of Caroline of Brunswick, wife of the future King George IV of England, who threw an Italian adventurer into her arms in order to sideline her upon his accession to the throne, following a particularly scandalous trial. The reproduced trial transcripts are very interesting. Notably, at the end, the opinions of the peers called upon to rule are noteworthy, among them the Bishop of London, who declared: “I feel obliged in conscience to support the divorce clause, relying on what neither the law nor the King can do wrong.” Conversely, a lay peer argued that “the House has no power to separate a husband from his wife.” This work, at the very least, demonstrates that the marital difficulties of the British monarchy did not begin at the end of the 20th century…

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Mots-clés : Ancient law, Curiosity, Trial

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