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Marriage and violence : the early modern legacy /

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Dolan, Frances E. (Frances Elizabeth), 1960-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, [2008]
Subjects:
Marriage > History.
Marriage > England > History.
Marriage > United States > History.
Marriage > Religious aspects > Christianity > History.
Marital violence.
Abused wives.
Sex role > History.
Sex discrimination against women > History.
Equality > History.
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Flesh, two heads : debating the biblical blueprint for marriage in the seventeenth and twentieth centuries
  • Battered women, petty traitors, and the legacy of coverture
  • Fighting for the breeches, sharing the rod : spouses, servants, and the struggle for equality
  • How a maiden keeps her head : Anne Boleyn, Elizabeth I, and the perils of marriage
  • Afterword.