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Marriage and violence：the early modern legacy

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Dolan Frances E (Frances Elizabeth), 1960-
Published: University of Pennsylvania Press,
Publisher Address: Philadelphia
Publication Dates: c2008.
Literature type: Book
Language: English
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
Spouse Abuse > history
Gender Identity
Great Britain
History, Modern 1601
Prejudice
Carrier Form: 235 p.: ; 24 cm.
ISBN: 9780812240757 (alk. paper)
0812240758 (alk. paper)
Index Number: C913
CLC: C913.13-09
Call Number: C913.13-09/D659
Contents: Includes bibliographical references (p. [169]-223) and index.
Introduction -- 1: One flesh, two heads: debating the biblical blueprint for marriage in the seventeenth and twentieth centuries -- 2: Battered women, petty traitors, and the legacy of coverture -- 3: Fighting for the breeches, sharing the rod: spouses, servants, and the struggle for equality -- 4: How a maiden keeps her head : Anne Boleyn, Elizabeth I, and the perils of marriage -- Afterword -- Notes -- Index -- Acknowledgments.

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