Table of Contents: Sexual violence and rape in the Middle Ages

Main Author:	Classen, Albrecht.
Corporate Author:	ebrary, Inc.
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Berlin : De Gruyter, c2011.
Series:	Fundamentals of medieval and early modern culture, 7
Subjects:	German literature > History and criticism. > Middle High German, 1050-1500 Rape in literature. Women in literature. Violence in literature. German literature > History and criticism. > Early modern, 1500-1700 Latin literature, Medieval and modern > History and criticism. > Europe Literature, Medieval > History and criticism.
Online Access:	http://site.ebrary.com/lib/ucy/Doc?id=10485482

Table of Contents:

Introduction
Female suffering and rape in Hartmann von Aue's Erec
Nibelungenlied: a male poet reveals his fear of women
Date rape, or the breaking of a contract? the problematic case of Mauritius von Craγun: modern legal issues in a medieval context
Rape in medieval romance, with a focus on Heinrich von Dem Tθurlin's Diu crγone
Rape in medieval Latin and middle high German poetry: with some reflections on Walther von der Vogelweide and the Carmina burana
Rape in late medieval mεren
Rape in the world of the peasant class in the late Middle Ages: Heinrich Wittenwiler's Ring
Apollonius of Tyre, Mai und Beaflor, and other late medieval narratives: the suffering of young women within their families
Violence against women in late medieval popular song poetry and heroic epic songs
The critical treatment of rape in sixteenth century Schwθanke literature: the case of Hans Wilhelm Kirchhoff's Wendunmuth
Epilogue.