Adultery
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Adultery is generally defined as extramarital sex that is or was considered objectionable on social, religious and moral grounds, and which often resulted in legal consequences. Although the sexual ac
Illustration depicting an adulterous wife, circa 1800
Public punishment of adulterers in Venice, 17th century
Susannah accused of adultery, by Antoine Coypel
Le supplice des adultères, by Jules Arsène Garnier, showing two adulterers being punished
Divorce
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Divorce is the process of terminating a marriage. Divorce usually entails canceling or reorganising the legal duties and responsibilities of marriage according to the law of the particular country or
"JUST DIVORCED!" hand-written on an automobile's rear window.
Cartoon parodying the circus-like divorce proceedings of Anna Gould (an American heiress and socialite) and Boni de Castellane (a French nobleman) in 1906 in Paris, France. Boni de Castellane then sought an annulment from the Vatican so that he could be free to remarry in the Church. The annulment case was not finally settled until 1924, when the highest Vatican tribunal upheld the validity of the marriage and denied the annulment.
Roman married couple.
Henry VIII of England broke with the Catholic Church in order to obtain an annulment.