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The violent abuse of women in 17th and 18th century Britain / Geoffrey Pimm.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Pimm, Geoffrey, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Women.
- Social conditions.
- Women--Violence against.
- History.
- Punishment.
- Great Britain.
- Punishment--Great Britain--History--17th century.
- Punishment--Great Britain--History--18th century.
- Women--Violence against--Great Britain--History--17th century.
- Women--Violence against--Great Britain--History--18th century.
- Women--Great Britain--Social conditions--17th century.
- Women--Great Britain--Social conditions--18th century.
- Women--Social conditions.
- Genre:
- History.
- Physical Description:
- xiii, 196 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Barnsley, South Yorkshire : Pen & Sword History, an imprint of Pen & Sword Books Ltd, 2019.
- Contents:
- Chapter 1 Domestic Violence p. 1
- Chapter 2 Sexual Abuse p. 18
- Chapter 3 Libel & Slander p. 31
- Chapter 4 Abduction & Clandestine Marriage p. 36
- Chapter 5 The Smart of the Lash p. 41
- Chapter 6 Burned Alive p. 62
- Chapter 7 An Exiled World p. 66
- Chapter 8 At the Mercy of the Mob p. 74
- Chapter 9 Locked in the Cage p. 79
- Chapter 10 Hot Iron & Cold Steel p. 82
- Chapter 11 Hanged by the 'Bloody Code' p. 84
- Chapter 12 Male Impersonators & Female Actors p. 93
- Chapter 13 Seen But Not Heard p. 98
- Chapter 14 Gracing the Stool p. 105
- Chapter 15 Religious Belief: Persecution & Punishment p. 111
- Chapter 16 Suffer a Witch p. 122
- Chapter 17 Military Wives & Camp Followers p. 130
- Chapter 18 The Morality Police p. 139
- Chapter 19 The 'Whipping Toms' p. 143
- Chapter 20 Growing Distaste & Abolition p. 148.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Hiram G. Haney Fund.
- ISBN:
- 1526739542
- 9781526739544
- OCLC:
- 1041475639
- Publisher Number:
- 99980840459
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