According to the text's discussion of historical facts about women and violence,
(a) well into the seventeenth century, in many European countries, including England, a man could legally kill his wife for certain behaviors.
(b) the basis of the contemporary saying "rule of thumb" comes from English common law, holding that men had a legal right to beat their wives as long as the stick they used was no thicker than the husband's thumb.
(c) in the 1800s, in both Europe and the United States, men could use "reasonable" physical force against women.
(d) all of the above are correct.
(d)
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