03062nam 2200685 a 450 991045318260332120200520144314.01-281-92098-3978661192098290-474-1895-610.1163/ej.9789004156340.i-287(CKB)1000000000552409(EBL)467974(OCoLC)503440995(SSID)ssj0000189013(PQKBManifestationID)11179637(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000189013(PQKBWorkID)10154437(PQKB)11282464(MiAaPQ)EBC467974(OCoLC)77011442 (OCoLC)76853114(nllekb)BRILL9789047418955(PPN)174389655(Au-PeEL)EBL467974(CaPaEBR)ebr10270784(EXLCZ)99100000000055240920061115d2007 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrThe language of abuse[electronic resource] marital violence in later medieval England /by Sara M. ButlerLeiden ;Boston Brill20071 online resource (301 p.)Later medieval Europe,1872-7875 ;v. 2Description based upon print version of record.90-04-15634-8 Includes bibliographical references(p. [267]-279) and index.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.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 gender and marriage were in transition. As such, Butler’s work contributes to current debates concerning the role of the jury, levels of violence in late medieval England, the power relationship within marriage, and the position of women in medieval society.Later medieval Europe ;v. 2.Family violenceEnglandHistoryTo 1500Wife abuseEnglandHistoryTo 1500WomenViolence againstEnglandHistoryTo 1500FamiliesEnglandHistoryTo 1500Electronic books.Family violenceHistoryWife abuseHistoryWomenViolence againstHistoryFamiliesHistory362.82/92094209024Butler Sara M(Sara Margaret)976971MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910453182603321The language of abuse2225671UNINA