Domestic Violence in Medieval Texts

Author / Editor
Salisbury, Eve, Georgiana Donavin, and Merrall Llewelyn Price, eds.

Title
Domestic Violence in Medieval Texts

Published
Gainesville: University Press of Florida, 2002.

Physical Description
x, 354 pp.

Description
Thirteen essays by various authors discuss the portrayal of domestic violence in medieval literary, iconographic, legal, religious, and dramatic texts, focusing on how the texts reflect the family as a microcosm of society. For essays that pertain to Chaucer, search for Domestic Violence in Medieval Texts under Alternative Title.

Contributor
Donavin, Georgiana, ed.
Price, Merrall Llewelyn, ed.

Chaucer Subjects
Background and General Criticism.