Images - Part I: Section B – Everyday Life, Family, and Marriage

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11.	Beatings for Marital Bliss (2nd Half of the 17th Century) The rapidly growing literature on the conditions of a happy marriage and on codes of behavior reinforced gender roles. In the first scene of this two-part woodcut, a man beats his wife for being....
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