Ravishing maidens : writing rape in medieval French literature and law

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In this study of sexual violence and rape in French medieval literature and law, Kathryn Gravdal examines an array of famous works never before analyzed in connection with sexual violence. Gravdal demonstrates the variety of techniques through which medieval discourse made rape acceptable: sometimes...

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Main Author: Gravdal, Kathryn (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: [Philadelphia] : University of Pennsylvania Press, 1991
Series:New cultural studies series.
Subjects:
French literature > To 1500 > History and criticism.
Women > France > History > Middle Ages, 500-1500.
Rape > France > History > To 1500.
Women > Crimes against > France > History > To 1500.
Women and literature > France > History > To 1500.
Rape victims in literature.
Sex crimes in literature.
Rape in literature.
Law, Medieval.
Women > Crimes against > France > History.
Women and literature > France > History.
France > Social conditions > 987-1515.
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