Marriage and Violence: The Early Modern Legacy
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Marriage is often described as a melding of two people into one. But what—or who—must be lost, fragmented, or buried in that process? Dolan reveals the contradiction that lies at the very heart of modern marriage. We have inherited from early modern England a model of marriage, she contends, so flawed that its logical consequence is conflict.
Introduction 11 One Flesh, Two Heads: Debating the Biblical Blueprint for Marriage in the Seventeenth and Twentieth Centuries 262 Battered Women, Petty Traitors, and the Legacy of Coverture 673 Fighting for the Breeches, Sharing the Rod: Spouses, Servants, and the Struggle for Equality 974 How a Maiden Keeps Her Head: Anne Boleyn, Elizabeth I, and the Perils of Marriage 132Afterword 164Notes 169Index 225
