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Sexual violence and rape in the Middle Ages a critical discourse in premodern German and European literature
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Sexual violence and rape in the Middle Ages [electronic resource] : a critical discourse in premodern German and European literature / Albrecht Classen.
ISBN
9783110263374 (alk. paper)
9783110263381 (e-book)
Published
Berlin : De Gruyter, c2011.
Physical Description
vi, 272 p.
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Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2011. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.
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Books / Online
Language
English
Added to Catalog
June 28, 2012
Series
Fundamentals of medieval and early modern culture, 7
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Introduction
Female suffering and rape in Hartmann von Aue's Erec
Nibelungenlied: a male poet reveals his fear of women
Date rape, or the breaking of a contract? the problematic case of Mauritius von Craûn: modern legal issues in a medieval context
Rape in medieval romance, with a focus on Heinrich von Dem Türlin's Diu crône
Rape in medieval Latin and middle high German poetry: with some reflections on Walther von der Vogelweide and the Carmina burana
Rape in late medieval mæren
Rape in the world of the peasant class in the late Middle Ages: Heinrich Wittenwiler's Ring
Apollonius of Tyre, Mai und Beaflor, and other late medieval narratives: the suffering of young women within their families
Violence against women in late medieval popular song poetry and heroic epic songs
The critical treatment of rape in sixteenth century Schwänke literature: the case of Hans Wilhelm Kirchhoff's Wendunmuth
Epilogue.
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