SexViolHist Bib: Representations: Literary Texts: Sir Orfeo

»Sir Orfeo is an anonymous Middle English Breton lai dating from the late 13th or early 14th century. It retells the story of Orpheus as a king who rescues his wife from the fairy king. The folk song Orfeo (Roud 136, Child 19) is based on this poem.« (Extract from: Wikipedia)

K e y w o r d s

I. Chronological Index: Medieval History: 14^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

I. Author Index

[Info] Cooper, Mariah. The Body of Proof: Representations of Rape and Consent in Medieval England’s Laws and Literature. Ph.D. Thesis, Memorial University of Newfoundland, 2022.

[Info] Cooper, Mariah L. Representations of Rape and Consent in Medieval English Laws and Literature. Leeds 2024.

[Info] Rowley, Sharon. »Echoes of 'Nemi'? Patterns of Challenge, Sexual Violence and Substitution in Sir Orfeo and Sir Degaré.« Études Épistémè No. 25 (2014).

[Info] Wehlau, Ruth. »The Power of Patient Kingship: Supernatural Abduction in Sir Orfeo and the Third Branch of the Mabinogi.« Florilegium 38 (2025): 4-15.

II. Speaker Index