SexViolHist Bib: Representations: Literary Texts: Le Bone Florence of Rome

»Le Bone Florence of Rome is a medieval English chivalric romance. Featuring the innocent persecuted heroine, it is subcategorized into the Crescentia cycle of romances because of two common traits: the heroine is accused by her brother-in-law after an attempted seduction, and the story ends with her fame as a healer bringing all her persecutors to her.
Florence, daughter of King Otes of Rome, rejects Garcy, the king of Constantinople, because of his age. Garcy attacks Rome, and Mylys and Emere, sons of the King of Hungary, comes to its aid. Emere and Florence fall in love and are betrothed, but in his absence, Mylys tries to seduce her. Florence imprisons him, but frees him when his brother returns. He attacks her again in a forest. She is brought to a refuge but another rebuffed suitor kills her host's daughter and frames Florence; she is exiled again, suffers more persecution, but finds refuge at a convent where she becomes famous as a healer. This brings all her persecutors to her, and they must confess before she heals them.« -- More information: Wikipedia

K e y w o r d s

I. Chronological Index: Medieval History: 13^th Century | II. Geographical Index: European History: English History | III. Topical Index: Types: General: Rape

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

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[Info] Cooper, Mariah. »More than Hagiographic Rhetoric: Sexual Violence in Le Bone Florence of Rome and Medieval England’s Raptus Laws.« Gender and Medieval Studies Conference. Paris 2022.

[Info] Rouillard, Linda. »Teaching the Three "R"s: Rape, Revenge, and Reprieve in Florence de Rome.« 33^rd International Congress on Medieval Studies. Kalamazoo 1998.