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Author Butler, Sara M. (Sara Margaret)

Title The language of abuse [electronic resource] : marital violence in later medieval England / by Sara M. Butler.

Imprint Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2007.

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Location Call No. OPAC Message Status
 Axe ProQuest E-Book  Electronic Book    ---  Available
Description x, 286 p. : ill.
Series Later medieval Europe, 1872-7875 ; v. 2
Later medieval Europe ; v. 2.
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.
Reproduction Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
Subject Family violence -- England -- History -- To 1500.
Wife abuse -- England -- History -- To 1500.
Women -- Violence against -- England -- History -- To 1500.
Families -- England -- History -- To 1500.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Added Author ProQuest (Firm)
ISBN 9789004156340
9004156348

 
    
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