Brabbling women : disorderly speech and the law in early Virginia /

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"Brabbling Women takes its title from a 1662 law enacted by Virginia's burgesses, which was intended to offer relief to the "poore husbands" forced into defamation suits because their "brabling" wives had slandered or scandalized their neighbors. To quell such episodes...

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Cote:Libro Electrónico
Auteur principal: Snyder, Terri L., 1956-
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Ithaca, N.Y. : Cornell University Press, ©2003.
Sujets:
1700-1799
Women > Virginia > History > 18th century.
Women > Legal status, laws, etc. > Virginia > History.
Sex customs > Virginia > History > 18th century.
Femmes > Virginie > Histoire > 18e siècle.
Vie sexuelle > Virginie > Histoire > 18e siècle.
HISTORY.
United States / Colonial Period (1600-1775).
LAW > Gender & the Law.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Discrimination & Race Relations.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Minority Studies.
Sex customs
Women
Women > Legal status, laws, etc.
Virginia
History
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