Language of abuse : marital violence in later medieval England [ Electronic Book ]
First Statement of Responsibility
/ by Sara M. Butler
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.
Leiden
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
: Brill
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
, 2007.
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item
x, 286 p.
Other Physical Details
: ill
SERIES
Series Title
(Later medieval Europe, 1872-7875
Volume Designation
; v. 2)
GENERAL NOTES
Text of Note
Code E.Book: 1338
CONTENTS NOTE
Text of Note
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.
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Family violence - England - History - To 1500
Wife abuse - England - History - To 1500
Women - Violence against - England - History - To 1500