Stolen women in medieval England: rape, abduction, and adultery, 1100-1500

✍ Scribed by Dunn, Caroline

Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Year: 2013
Tongue: English
Leaves: 276
Series: Cambridge studies in medieval life and thought.; Fourth series; Cambridge studies in medieval life and thought. Fourth series ; 87
Category: Library

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✦ Table of Contents

Introduction
1. Laws and legal definitions
2. Rape
3. Abduction and forced marriage
4. Elopement abductions
5. Adultery
6. Retaliatory abductions and malicious legal proceedings
Conclusion
Appendix I: ravishment legislation
Appendix II: sources of ravishment cases
Bibliography.

✦ Subjects

Adulterio--Gran Bretagna--Storia--Medioevo;Donna--Comportamento sessuale--Gran Bretagna--Storia--Medioevo;Donna--Condizioni economiche e sociali--Gran Bretagna--Storia--Medioevo;Violenza sessuale--Gran Bretagna--Storia--Medioevo;Donna -- Comportamento sessuale -- Gran Bretagna -- Storia -- Medioevo;Violenza sessuale -- Gran Bretagna -- Storia -- Medioevo;Adulterio -- Gran Bretagna -- Storia -- Medioevo;Donna -- Condizioni economiche e sociali -- Gran Bretagna -- Storia -- Medioevo

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