The first 1,000 people to use this link will get a 1 month free trial of Skillshare: https://skl.sh/elliedashwood12211 💕 In Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice Mr Darcy and Lizzy Bennet are about get married... but first they need to sign the Regency Era equivalent of a prenup! In this vide we discuss 19th century "marriage settlements." We delve into how these important documents protected brides, heiresses and even Lydia Bennet. Watch now to learn about the common law basics when it came to Georgian Era women's property rights, a wife's allowance called "pin money" and even a true crime story of "stealing an heiress."

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🕰 Watching Guide
00:00 Lizzy and Darcy have a prenup? Marriage Settlements [Intro]
00:54 Regency Era Common Law and Women's Money
03:25 Marriage Settlements Protect Women's Property
05:53 Families Negotiating a Settlement
06:53 How would the money be used? Husband vs Separate estate
08:41 Pin Money as mentioned in Pride and Prejudice
11:27 Provision for Widows
13:24 Providing for Younger Sons and Daughter's Portions
18:19 Seducing or Stealing an Heiress
20:45 True Crime: Miss Taylor's Story
21:50 Lydia and Wickham's Marriage Settlement
25:04 Sum Up & Outro

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