CHAPTER VIII

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CARICATURES OF DOMESTIC LIFE--STATE OF DOMESTIC LIFE IN THE MIDDLE AGES--EXAMPLES OF DOMESTIC CARICATURE FROM THE CARVINGS OF THE MISERERES--KITCHEN SCENES--DOMESTIC BRAWLS--THE FIGHT FOR THE BREECHES--THE JUDICIAL DUEL BETWEEN MAN AND WIFE AMONG THE GERMANS--ALLUSIONS TO WITCHCRAFT--SATIRES ON THE TRADES: THE BAKER, THE MILLER, THE WINE-PEDLAR AND TAVERN KEEPER, THE ALE-WIFE, ETC. 118

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