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The language of abuse : marital violence in later medieval England / by Sara M. Butler.
Van Pelt Library HV6626.23.G7 B88 2007
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Butler, Sara M. (Sara Margaret)
- Series:
- Later medieval Europe 1872-7875 ; v. 2.
- Later medieval Europe, 1872-7875 ; v. 2
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Family violence--England--History--To 1500.
- Family violence.
- Wife abuse--England--History--To 1500.
- Wife abuse.
- Women--Violence against--England--History--To 1500.
- Women.
- Families--England--History--To 1500.
- Families.
- History.
- Women--Violence against.
- England.
- Physical Description:
- x, 286 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2007.
- Contents:
- Setting the scene: discourses of passivity and violence
- Types and frequency of abuse in the medieval law courts
- Causes of marital tension
- The acceptability of marital violence: six case studies
- Regulating marital violence: the family and the community
- Scolds, personal liability, and marital violence.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references(pages [267]-279) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9789004156340
- 9004156348
- OCLC:
- 77011442
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