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03114aam a2200433 i 4500 001 272BB3C46B5511E69AFE1DDBDAD10320 003 SILO 005 20160826010517 008 120508s2013 enka b 001 0 eng 010 $a 2012019023 020 $a 1107017009 020 $a 9781107017009 035 $a (OCoLC)793973902 040 $a DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d YDX $d OCLCO $d BTCTA $d UKMGB $d BDX $d YDXCP $d YNK $d CDX $d BWX $d CUT $d IUL $d STF $d COO $d XII $d PUL $d OCLCO $d ZCU $d YUS $d OCLCQ $d OCLCA $d SILO 042 $a pcc 043 $a e-uk-en 050 00 $a HV6574 G7 D86 2013 100 1 $a Dunn, Caroline, $d 1975- $e author. 245 10 $a Stolen women in medieval England : $b rape, abduction and adultery, 1100-1500 / $c Caroline Dunn. 264 1 $a Cambridge : $b Cambridge University Press, $c 2013. 300 $a xi, 261 pages : $b illustrations ; $c 24 cm. 490 1 $a Cambridge studies in medieval life and thought ; $v Fourth ser., [no. 87] 504 $a Includes bibliographical references (pages 231-253) and index. 520 $a "This study of illicit sexuality in medieval England explores links between marriage and sex, law and disorder, and property and power. Some medieval Englishwomen endured rape or were kidnapped for forced marriages, yet most ravished women were married and many 'wife-thefts' were not forced kidnappings but cases of adultery fictitiously framed as abduction by abandoned husbands. In pursuing the themes of illicit sexuality and non-normative marital practices, this work analyses the nuances of the key Latin term raptus and the three overlapping offences that it could denote: rape, abduction and adultery. This investigation broadens our understanding of the role of women in the legal system; provides a means for analysing male control over female bodies, sexuality and access to the courts; and reveals ways in which female agency could, on occasion, manoeuvre around such controls"-- $c Provided by publisher. 505 0 $a Introduction -- 1. Laws and legal definitions -- 2. Rape -- 3. Abduction and forced marriage -- 4. Elopement -- 5. Adultery -- 6. Retaliatory abductions and malicious legal proceedings -- Conclusion -- Appendix I. Ravishment legislation -- Appendix II. Sources of ravishment cases. 650 0 $a Abduction $z England $x History. 650 0 $a Rape $z England $x History. 650 0 $a Adultery $z England $x History. 650 0 $a Women $x History. $z England $x History. 830 0 $a Cambridge studies in medieval life and thought ; $v 4th ser., 87. 856 41 $3 Table of contents $u http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1212/2012019023-t.html 856 42 $3 Contributor biographical information $u http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1212/2012019023-b.html 856 42 $3 Cover image $u http://assets.cambridge.org/97811070/17009/cover/9781107017009.jpg 856 42 $3 Publisher description $u http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1212/2012019023-d.html 941 $a 2 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20171220025419.0 952 $l USUX851 $d 20160826080305.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=272BB3C46B5511E69AFE1DDBDAD10320 994 $a C0 $b IWAInitiate Another SILO Locator Search