Notes

Includes bibliographical references (p. [169]-223) and index. Introduction -- Flesh, two heads : debating the biblical blueprint for marriage in the seventeenth and twentieth centuries -- Battered women, petty traitors, and the legacy of coverture -- Fighting for the breeches, sharing the rod : spouses, servants, and the struggle for equality -- How a maiden keeps her head : Anne Boleyn, Elizabeth I, and the perils of marriage -- Afterword.

Classification

• LCC: HQ503

Book Details

• Language: eng
• Physical Description: 235 p. ; 24 cm.
• Edition Info: (alk. paper)

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

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