Stolen women in medieval England rape, abduction and adultery, 1100-1500
"This study of illicit sexuality in medieval England explores links between marriage and sex, law and disorder, and property and power. Some medieval Englishwomen endured rape or were kidnapped for forced marriages, yet most ravished women were married and many 'wife-thefts' were not...
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| Formato: | Libro electrónico |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Cambridge, UK :
Cambridge University Press
2013.
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| Colección: | EBSCO Academic eBook Collection Complete.
Cambridge studies in medieval life and thought. Fourth series. |
| Acceso en línea: | Conectar con la versión electrónica |
| Ver en Universidad de Navarra: | https://innopac.unav.es/record=b38438677*spi |
| Sumario: | "This study of illicit sexuality in medieval England explores links between marriage and sex, law and disorder, and property and power. Some medieval Englishwomen endured rape or were kidnapped for forced marriages, yet most ravished women were married and many 'wife-thefts' were not forced kidnappings but cases of adultery fictitiously framed as abduction by abandoned husbands. In pursuing the themes of illicit sexuality and non-normative marital practices, this work analyses the nuances of the key Latin term raptus and the three overlapping offences that it could denote: rape, abduction and adultery. This investigation broadens our understanding of the role of women in the legal system; provides a means for analysing male control over female bodies, sexuality and access to the courts; and reveals ways in which female agency could, on occasion, manoeuvre around such controls"-- |
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| Descripción Física: | xi, 261 p. |
| Formato: | Forma de acceso: World Wide Web. |
| Bibliografía: | Incluye referencias bibliográficas (p. 231-253) e índice. |
| ISBN: | 9781139776530 9781139061919 9781283714631 9781139779579 9781139782562 |
