Sexual Violence and Rape in the Middle Ages: A Critical Discourse in Premodern German and European Literature

by Albrecht Classen

Book Overview

Medieval historians and literary scholars have not ignored the topic of sexual violence and rape, but the primary focus has regularly rested on English, French, or Italian documents. Here we have the first book-length study that investigates the treatment of sexual crimes in medieval and early modern German and Latin literature, making great efforts to shed light on often ignored scenes and episodes even in some of the 'classical' works such as...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3110263378
• ISBN13: 9783110263374
• Release Date: June 2011
• Publisher: de Gruyter
• Length: 278 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.2"
• Age Range: 22 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary