The Language of Abuse ：Marital Violence in Later Medieval England ( 1 )

Publication subTitle ：Marital Violence in Later Medieval England

Publication series ：1

Author： Butler   Sara  

Publisher： Brill‎

Publication year： 2007

E-ISBN: 9789047418955

P-ISBN(Paperback): 9789004156340

P-ISBN(Hardback):  9789004156340

Subject： K5 European History

Language： ENG

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Description

Drawing on a wide range of legal and literary sources, this book offers a comprehensive investigation into the acceptability of violence in marriage at a time when social expectations of gender and marriage were in transition.

Chapter

Acknowledgements

pp.：  9 – 10

List of Illustrations

pp.：  11 – 12

List of Abbreviations

pp.：  13 – 14

Introduction

pp.：  15 – 43

Chapter One: Setting the Scene: Discourses of Passivity and Violence

pp.：  44 – 81

Chapter Two: Types and Frequency of Abuse in the Medieval Law Courts

pp.：  82 – 111

Chapter Three: Causes of Marital Tension

pp.：  112 – 144

Chapter Four: The Acceptability of Marital Violence: Six Case Studies

pp.：  145 – 197

Chapter Five: Regulating Marital Violence: The Family and the Community

pp.：  198 – 239

Chapter Six: Scolds, Personal Liability, and Marital Violence

pp.：  240 – 271

Conclusion

pp.：  272 – 280

Works Cited

pp.：  281 – 294

Index

pp.：  295 – 301

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