Taming husbands: women's use of Protestant moral codes in post-Reformation separation cases in the German county of Lippe
During and after the Reformation, many Protestant territories in Germany established marriage courts in order both to manage and to resolve an increasing number of divorce and separation cases. Most suits for marriage separation were filed by women on the grounds of domestic violence. Violent behavi...
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Taylor & Francis
[2015]
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Reformation & Renaissance review
Year: 2015, Volume: 17, Issue: 2, Pages: 142-154 |
RelBib Classification: | KAG Church history 1500-1648; Reformation; humanism; Renaissance KAH Church history 1648-1913; modern history KBB German language area KDD Protestant Church NCF Sexual ethics XA Law |
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