The language of abuse marital violence in later medieval England /

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Butler, Sara M. (Sara Margaret)
Corporate Author: ebrary, Inc
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2007.
Series:Later medieval Europe ; v. 2.
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Online Access:An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view
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Table of 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.