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The language of abuse : marital violence in later medieval England
Title
The language of abuse : marital violence in later medieval England / by Sara M. Butler.
ISBN
9789004156340
9004156348
Published
Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2007.
Physical Description
x, 286 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
August 20, 2007
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references(p. [267]-279) and index.
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.
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