The language of abuse: marital violence in later medieval England
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Main Author: Butler, Sara M., (Sara Margaret) (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Leiden Brill 2007
Series:Later medieval Europe v. 2
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Item Description:Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002
Includes bibliographical references (pages 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
"The Language of Abuse provides the first comprehensive examination of marital violence in later medieval England. Drawing from a wide variety of legal and literary sources, this book develops a nuanced perspective of the acceptability of marital violence at a time when social expectations of gender and marriage were in transition. As such, Butler's work contributes to current debates concerning the role of the jury, levels of violence in late medieval England, the power relationship within marriage, and the position of women in medieval society."--Jacket
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (x, 286 pages)
ISBN:9004156348
9047418956
9789004156340
9789047418955

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