TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2012//
TI  - Domestic violence in Paris, 1775
JO  - Journal of family history
A1  - Merrick, Jeffrey
SP  - 417
EP  - 427
VL  - 37
IS  - 4
N2  - In 1775, 135 wives and 35 husbands filed complaints against their spouses with the Parisian commissioners of police. Most of the wives charged their husbands with verbal and physical violence, and a few of them initiated lawsuits for separation of property and/or persons. In those cases, the depositions of witnesses document conventional expectations about gendered roles in the household as well as the dynamics of communication, representation, and justification in the neighborhood. Against the background of debates about the use and abuse of royal authority in the decades preceding the Revolution, the complaints and lawsuits show that the traditional family/state model not only downplayed accountability in principle but also sanctioned accountability in practice.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0363-1990
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0363199012443666
ID  - ref1
ER  -