SexViolHist Bib: Representations: Literary Texts: Seven Wise Masters

»The Seven Wise Masters (also called the Seven Sages or Seven Wise Men) is a cycle of stories of Sanskrit, Persian or Hebrew origins.
The Sultan sends his son, the young Prince, to be educated away from the court in the seven liberal arts by Seven Wise Masters. On his return to court, his stepmother, the empress, attempts to seduce him. To avert danger he is bound over to a week's silence by Sindibad, leader of the Seven Wise Masters. During this time, the empress accuses him to her husband, and seeks to bring about his death by seven stories which she relates to the emperor; but her narrative is each time confuted by the Seven Wise Masters led by Sindibad. Finally the prince's lips are unsealed, the truth exposed, and the wicked empress is executed.« -- More information: Wikipedia

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[Info] Bildhauer, Bettina. »Sexualised Violence by a Woman against a Boy: Upsetting the Binary Gender Hierarchy in Of the Seven Masters.« Reconsidering Consent and Coercion: Power, Vulnerability, and Sexual Violence in Medieval Literature. Edited by Jane Bonsall et al. Turnhout 2025.

[Info] Lundt, Bea, et al. »Misogynes Mittelalter? Gewalt und Geschlecht in transkultureller Perspektive. Das Beispiel der Sieben Weisen Meister.« Gewalt, Krieg und Geschlecht im Mittelalter. Edited by Amalie Fößel. Berlin 2020: 495-531.

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Dolopathos (12^th Century)

I n f o r m a t i o n

»John of Alta Silva (French: Jean de Haute-Seille, Latin: Iohannes de Alta Silva) was a Cistercian monk who lived at the abbey of Haute-Seille [fr] in the late 12th century. He wrote a version of the story of the Seven Wise Masters in Latin prose entitled De rege et septem sapientibus (On the King and the Seven Sages), but better known by the title it was later given, Dolopathos.« -- More information: Wikipedia

K e y w o r d s

Topical Index: Prosecution: Victim Testimonies: False Accusations | Types: Circumstances: Attempted Rape

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

I. Author Index

[Info] Bildhauer, Bettina. »Silencing a Woman's Accusation of Attempted Rape in Johannes de Alta Silva's Dolopathos.« Nottingham Medieval Studies 64 (2020): 117-136.

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Dutch Manuscript (13^th Century)

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Topical Index: Prosecution: Victim Testimonies: False Accusations | Types: General: Rape

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[Info] Schlusemann, Rita. »Dat si over minen soen gheen macht en hebbe: Gattung und multimodale Semiotik der 'Historia septem sapientum Romae' am Beispiel der niederländischen Tradition.« Das Mittelalter 28 (2023): 118-136.

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Arabic Manuscripts (17^th - 18^th Centuries)

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Topical Index: Prosecution: Victim Testimonies: False Accusations | Types: Rape: Rape

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I. Author Index

[Info] Redwan, Rima. »One against Seven: ariations on the Misogynistic Nature of 'The Seven Sages' in Different Arabic Manuscript Copies (17th - 18th Centuries).« Das Mittelalter 28 (2023): 49-66.

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