Marital Violence: An English Family History, 1660-1857

by Elizabeth Foyster

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521619122
• ISBN13: 9780521619127
• Release Date: September 2005
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 296 Pages
• Weight: 1.11 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.0"