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The author exposes the 'hidden' history of marital violence and explores its place in English family life between the Restoration and the mid-nineteenth century. The book also traces the move away from the popular view that a man had the right to beat his wife towards a more humane view by the 1850s.Foyster, Elizabeth is the author of 'Marital Violence An English Family History, 1660-1857', published 2005 under ISBN 9780521619127 and ISBN 0521619122.
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