Were there any laws against marital rape and verbal/physical violence in families before the Twentieth century, in the West or in any other part of the world? | AskHistorians Archive Observer

Were there any laws against marital rape and verbal/physical violence in families before the Twentieth century, in the West or in any other part of the world?

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/u/veryshanetoday has recently answered Though it was not criminalized in most countries prior to the late 20th century, how socially acceptable would marital rape have been?

See also Is there any evidence to suggest that children who were married/taken as "lovers" in previous centuries suffered from similar psychological damage as contemporary victims of pedophilia and sexual abuse? answered by /u/sunagainstgold.