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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...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Cambridge, UK :
Cambridge University Press,
2013, ©2013.
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| Colección: | Cambridge studies in medieval life and thought.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| 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: | 1 online resource (xi, 261 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 231-253) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781139776530 1139776533 1139061917 9781139061919 9781283714631 1283714639 9781139779579 1139779575 9781139782562 1139782568 |