Introduction
Flesh, two heads : debating the biblical blueprint for marriage in the seventeenth and twentieth centuries
Battered women, petty traitors, and the legacy of coverture
Fighting for the breeches, sharing the rod : spouses, servants, and the struggle for equality
How a maiden keeps her head : Anne Boleyn, Elizabeth I, and the perils of marriage
Afterword.
Marriage and violence : the early modern legacy by Frances E. Dolan. ISBN 9780812240757. Published by University of Pennsylvania Press in 2008. Publication and catalogue information, links to buy online and reader comments.