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

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Later medieval Europe ; v. 2.Publication details: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2007.Description: x, 286 p. : illSubject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 362.82/92094209024 22
LOC classification:
  • HV6626.23.G7 B88 2007eb
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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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Includes bibliographical references(p. [267]-279) and index.

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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