Contextualizing Rape: Sexual Violence in Middle English Literature

Author / Editor
Henningfeld, Diane Andrews.

Title
Contextualizing Rape: Sexual Violence in Middle English Literature

Published
Dissertation Abstracts International 55 (1995): 1945A.

Description
Medieval anatomical, religious, and legal ideas about rape appear in medical texts, religious rules, saints' legends, romances, and WBT. These works reveal cultural attitudes toward rape and women in general.

Chaucer Subjects
Background and General Criticism.
Wife of Bath and Her Tale.