The language of abuse : marital violence in later medieval England /

"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 g...

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Online Access:Electronic book from EBSCO
Main Author: Butler, Sara M.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published:Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2007.
Series:Later medieval Europe ; v. 2.
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