Sexual Violence and Rape in the Middle Ages A Critical Discourse in Premodern German and European Literature
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Albrecht Classen
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Sexual Violence and Rape in the Middle Ages A Critical Discourse in Premodern German and European Literature
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Walter de Gruyter GmbH& Co.KG
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9783110263381
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Fundamentals of Medieval and Early Modern CultureISSN
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1
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CHF 159.70
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"Deutsche Sprachwissenschaft; Deutschsprachige Literaturwissen- schaft"
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English
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278
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< >Contrary to modern assumptions, sexual violence and rape were treated as severe crimes in the Middle Ages. This book examines the testimony in medieval and early modern German literature and traces the discourse on both aspects from the twelfth through the sixteenth centuries. Most comments about rape come from male writers, and medieval literature contains numerous examples of rape scenes which are mostly viewed highly critically. Previous studies on this topic have focused on English, French, and Italian literature, whereas here the emphasis rests on German examples.
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Albrecht Classen
, University of Arizona, Tuscon, USA.
Table of Contents
6
Introduction
8
Chapter 1 Female Suffering and Rape in Hartmann von Aue’s Erec
18
Chapter 2 The Nibelungenlied — a Male Poet Reveals His Fear of Women Violence, Rape, and Political Machinations in the Heroic World
40
Chapter 3 Date Rape, or The Breaking of a Contract? The Problematic Case of Mauritius von Craûn. Modern Legal Issues in a Medieval Context
60
Chapter 4 Rape in Medieval Romance, with a Focus on Heinrich von dem Türlin’s Diu Crône
90
Chapter 5 Rape in Medieval Latin and Middle High German Poetry: Walther von der Vogelweide and the Carmina Burana
120
Chapter 6 Rape in Late Medieval Mæren
132
Chapter 7 Rape in the World of the Peasant Class in the Late Middle Ages Heinrich Wittenwiler’s Ring
150
Chapter 8 Apollonius of Tyre, Mai und Beaflor, and Other Late Medieval Narratives. The Suffering of Young Women Within Their Families
168
Chapter 9 Violence against Women in Late Medieval Popular Song Poetry and Heroic Epic Songs
204
Chapter 10 The Critical Treatment of Rape in Sixteenth Century Schwänke Literature: The Case of Hans Wilhelm Kirchhoff’s Wendunmuth
212
Epilogue
234
Bibliography
240
Index
276
