| Marital Violence: An English Family History, 1660-1857 Contributor(s): Foyster, Elizabeth (Author) |
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ISBN: 0521834511 ISBN-13: 9780521834513 Publisher: Cambridge University Press OUR PRICE: $114.00 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: September 2005 Annotation: In a time before divorce was generally accepted and husbands assumed the right to beat their wives, Elizabeth Foyster examines the variety of ways in which men, women and children responded to marital violence. This issue raised central questions concerning the extent of men's authority over other family members, the limitations of women's property rights, and the problems of access to divorce and child custody. Although opinion about the legitimacy of marital violence continued to be divided, Foyster demonstrates that beliefs determinig intolerable or cruel behavior had changed significantly by the nineteenth century. |
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| BISAC Categories: - History | Europe - Great Britain - General - History | Social History - Family & Relationships | Abuse - General |
| Dewey: 362.829 |
| LCCN: 2005045785 |
| Physical Information: 0.9" H x 6.22" W x 9.28" (1.10 lbs) 298 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 17th Century - Chronological Period - 18th Century - Chronological Period - 19th Century - Cultural Region - British Isles |
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Contributor Bio(s): Foyster, Elizabeth: - Elizabeth Foyster is Lecturer in History at Clare College, Cambridge. She previously published Manhood in Early Modern England: Honour, Sex and Marriage (1999). |