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Ravishing maidens : writing rape in medieval French literature and law / Kathryn Gravdal.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Gravdal, Kathryn.
- 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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