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Imprisoning medieval women : the non-judicial confinement and abduction of women in England, c.1170-1509 / Gwen Seabourne.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Seabourne, Gwen, 1969-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Women prisoners--Great Britain--History.
- Women prisoners.
- Women--Great Britain--History--Middle Ages, 500-1500.
- Women.
- History.
- Great Britain--History--Medieval period, 1066-1485.
- Great Britain.
- Women--Great Britain--Social conditions.
- Social conditions.
- Physical Description:
- xiv, 219 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Farnham, Surrey ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate, 2011.
- Contents:
- "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.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781409417880
- 1409417883
- 9781409417897
- 1409417891
- OCLC:
- 677975464
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