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02520aam a2200409 i 4500 001 B5F23210A5B811ECBC4A196C2DECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20220317010139 008 210818s2021 sz b 001 0 eng d 020 $a 3030826082 020 $a 9783030826086 035 $a (OCoLC)1268136598 040 $a UKMGB $b eng $e rda $c UKMGB $d OCLCO $d OCLCF $d BDX $d YDX $d OCLCO $d OHX $d SILO 043 $a e-uk-en 050 4 $a KD7976.R3 $b B37 2021 082 04 $a 345.42025320903 $2 23 100 1 $a Barker, Helen, $e author. 245 10 $a Rape in early modern England : $b law, history and criticism / $c Helen Barker. 264 1 $a Cham, Switzerland : $b Palgrave Macmillan, $c [2021] 300 $a xiii, 128 pages ; $c 22 cm. 490 1 $a Palgrave pivot 520 $a This book is intended for those in the humanities seeking a legal context for writing about rape in early modern England. It takes the premise that over the past four decades misunderstandings about rape law, and misreadings of rape statutes from medieval to Elizabethan times, have become widely cited in criticism. Helen Barker identifies how this has arisen, and discusses the main sources of confusion including indissoluble issues around the word ravishment. Rape law historically encompassed elopement and abduction; this book offers a succinct overview of the law, and draws attention to the wider social context other than gender opposition in which it is often presented. In addition, critics have been tempted to rely on the ostensibly authoritative seventeenth-century treatise, The Lawes Resolutions of Womens Rights, as a legal source. By examining the context of its publication, this book suggests that the treatise is unreliable and can mislead the unwary. 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 648 7 $a 1500-1699 $2 fast 650 0 $a Rape $x History $z England $x History $y 16th century. 650 0 $a Rape $x History $z England $x History $y 17th century. 650 0 $a Women's rights $z England $x History $y 16th century. 650 0 $a Women's rights $z England $x History $y 17th century. 650 7 $a Rape $x Law and legislation. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01921383 650 7 $a Women's rights. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01178818 651 7 $a England. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01219920 655 7 $a History. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01411628 776 08 $i ebook version : $z 9783030826093 830 0 $a Palgrave pivot. 941 $a 1 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20231018023935.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=B5F23210A5B811ECBC4A196C2DECA4DBInitiate Another SILO Locator Search