Rape in Early Modern England

Rape in Early Modern England

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Barker Helen
Springer, Berlin
EAN: 9783030826086
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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.
EAN 9783030826086
ISBN 3030826082
Binding Hardback
Publisher Springer, Berlin
Publication date November 3, 2021
Pages 128
Language English
Dimensions 210 x 148
Country Switzerland
Readership Professional & Scholarly
Authors Barker Helen
Illustrations XIII, 128 p.
Edition 1st ed. 2021