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This will be on Tuesday 7th July 2025 as part of Panel 4 from 2.15-3.45pm on &#8216;Constructing (In)sanity in 19th Century Britain: Law, Language and Lived Experience&#8217; in the E &amp; C Lounge.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Abstract<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">There is no doubt that both physical and mental illness can place enormous pressure on marital relationships, indeed traditional wedding vows anticipate this strain with the line \u2018I do take thee\u2026in sickness and in health, until death do us part\u2019. Permanently ending a marriage became more straightforward after the Divorce and Matrimonial Causes Act 1857 came into force in January 1858, but the grounds for divorce remained heavily limited and restricted only to those husbands who could prove their wife had committed adultery and wives who could prove both adultery and a further matrimonial offence, such as bigamy, desertion or cruelty. 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