tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4426485731280552659.post3630796839297431404..comments2024-01-22T09:59:19.371-08:00Comments on Life in the Middle Ages: Life in the Middle Ages - WelcomeC. Dale Brittainhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02059138536172925502noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4426485731280552659.post-43375266091996993612014-05-29T23:02:49.605-07:002014-05-29T23:02:49.605-07:00Thanks for that Dale. That rather screws with my ...Thanks for that Dale. That rather screws with my storyline a bit, but I can fix it on those grounds. I just wanted to be sure. I was going to mention Eleanor of Aquitaine, but as royalty got away with murder (literally in Henry VIII's case) I wasn't sure it was relevant.<br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14978122480310939801noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4426485731280552659.post-24370064877212675052014-05-29T14:03:44.287-07:002014-05-29T14:03:44.287-07:00Good question, but the answer is No. If either sp...Good question, but the answer is No. If either spouse went into the convent/monastery, the other one was supposed to also, and no self-respecting monastery would accept someone with a spouse still in the world. In the twelfth and thirteenth centuries, one usually got rid of spouses by "discovering" they were "cousins." Before 1215, one was supposed to have 6 or 7 generations back to the common ancestor. In practice, everyone was related, at least among the upper aristocracy, making divorce on demand essentially the case. This is how Louis VII divorced Eleanor, who then married Henry II of England--who was in fact just as closely related.C. Dale Brittainhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02059138536172925502noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4426485731280552659.post-32367290904289059602014-05-29T03:51:07.831-07:002014-05-29T03:51:07.831-07:00Dale, I have a question for you. Am I right in th...Dale, I have a question for you. Am I right in thinking that if a nobleman wanted a divorce, he could send his wife to a convent and be free to marry again? I am not sure where I got this idea from, but I think I read it was the way King John got rid of his first wife so that he could steal her lands and marry another wealthy one. If not, is there another way he could have got a divorce (apart from King Henry VIII's way of course)?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14978122480310939801noreply@blogger.com