Imprisoning medieval women : the non-judicial confinement and abduction of women in England, c.1170-1509 /

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This study of the confinement of women highlights the disparity in regulation concerning male and female imprisonment in the middle ages, and gives a useful perspective on the nature of medieval law, its scope and limitations, and its interaction with royal power and prerogative. It examines situati...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Seabourne, Gwen, 1969-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Farnham, Surrey ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate Pub. Company, 2011.
Temas:
500-1500
Women prisoners > Great Britain > History.
Women > Great Britain > History > Middle Ages, 500-1500.
Women > Great Britain > Social conditions.
Prisonnières > Grande-Bretagne > Histoire.
Femmes > Grande-Bretagne > Histoire > 500-1500 (Moyen Âge)
Femmes > Grande-Bretagne > Conditions sociales.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Penology.
Women > Middle Ages
Women prisoners
Women > Social conditions
Great Britain > History > Medieval period, 1066-1485.
Grande-Bretagne > Histoire > 1066-1485 (Moyen Âge)
Great Britain
Electronic book.
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • "By royal power and command" : maidens (and other women) in towers
  • Confinement of women in war and armed conflict
  • Other species of "garde"
  • "A dreary and solitary place" or "honourable captivity"?
  • Wrongful imprisonment and abduction
  • "Countless ravishments of women"?
  • Common law
  • Escaping the confines of the common law
  • "Not averse to the arrangement"?
  • Other roles
  • Agency and contagion.

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