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Ravishing maidens : writing rape in medieval French literature and law / Kathryn Gravdal.

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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Gravdal, Kathryn.
Contributor:
University of Pennsylvania. Press.
Series:
New cultural studies series
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
French literature--To 1500--History and criticism.
French literature.
Women--France--History--Middle Ages, 500-1500.
Women.
Women and literature.
History.
Women--Crimes against.
Rape.
France.
Rape--France--History.
Women--Crimes against--France--History.
Women and literature--France--History.
France--Social conditions--987-1515.
Social conditions.
Rape victims in literature.
Sex crimes in literature.
Rape in literature.
Law, Medieval.
Genre:
Electronic books.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (x, 192 pages).
Other Title:
Penn Press e-books.
Place of Publication:
Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, [1991]
System Details:
Mode of access: World Wide Web.
text file
Contents:
Introduction: The archaeology of rape in medieval literature and law
Plotting rape in the female saints' lives
The poetics of rape law: Chrétien de Troyes's Arthurian romance
Replaying rape: feudal law on trial in Le Roman de Renart
The game of rape: sexual violence and social class in the Pastourelle
The complicity of law and literature.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages [145]-187) and index.
Description based on print version record.
Other Format:
Print version: Gravdal, Kathryn. Ravishing maidens.
ISBN:
0585172625
9780585172620
9780812200331
0812200330
OCLC:
44963651
Access Restriction:
Restricted for use by site license.

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