SexViolHist Bib: Representations: Literary Texts: Judith

»The Old English poem Judith describes the beheading of Assyrian general Holofernes by Israelite Judith of Bethulia. It is found in the same manuscript as the heroic poem Beowulf, the Nowell Codex, dated ca. 975–1025. The Old English poem is one of many retellings of the Holofernes–Judith tale as it was found in the Book of Judith, still present in the Catholic and Orthodox Christian Bibles. The other extant version is by Ælfric of Eynsham, late 10th-century Anglo-Saxon abbot and writer; his version is a homily (in prose) of the tale.« (Extract from: Wikipedia)

K e y w o r d s

I. Chronological Index: Medieval History: 10^th Century

II. Geographical Index: European History: English History

III. Topical Index: Types: General: Sexual Assault

B i b l i o g r a p h y

I. Author Index

[Info] Foster, Gavin. »Judith, Éowyn, and the Alloying Effects of Sexualized Violence.« Florilegium 38 (2025): 115-127.

II. Speaker Index

[Info] Lochric, Karma. »The Rape of Holofernes in Judith.« 26^th International Congress on Medieval Studies. Kalamazoo 1991.