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RAPE IN EARLY MODERN ENGLAND IBD

HELEN BARKER
PALGRAVE MACMILLAN
11 / 2021
9783030826086
Inglés

Sinopsis

This book is intended for those in the humanities seeking a legal contextáfor writingáabout 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.áHelen Barkeráidentifies how this has arisen, and discusses the main sources of confusion - including indissoluble issues around the word âÇÖravishmentâÇÖ. 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,áThe Lawes Resolutions of Womens Rights,áas a legal source. By examining the context of its publication, this book suggests that the treatise is unreliable and can mislead the unwary.