Sexual Violence in History: A Bibliography

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First published: July 1, 2025 - Last updated: July 1, 2025

TITLE INFORMATION

Author: Allan Kennedy

Title: Prosecuting Rape in Seventeenth-century Scotland

Subtitle: -

Journal: Journal of Scottish Historical Studies

Volume: 45

Issue: 1

Year: May 2025 (Published online: June 4, 2025)

Pages: 48-67

pISSN: 1748-538X - Find a Library: WorldCat | eISSN: 1755-1749 - Find a Library: WorldCat

Language: English

Keywords: Modern History: 17th Century | European History: Scottish History | Prosecution: Trials; Types: Rape



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Author: Allan Kennedy, School of Humanities, Social Sciences and Law, University of Dundee

Abstract: »Since at least the 1970s, rape, and male sexual violence against women more generally, has been a recurring focus of feminist historiography. While this body of scholarship has provoked criticism, it has had the profoundly important effect of situating the crime of rape as a feature of, rather than an aberration from, the society that hosts it. Scotland has been substantially overlooked in this discussion. This article explores the ideas, assumptions, and procedures involved in the criminal prosecution of rape in Scotland, taking the seventeenth century as its focus.« (Source: Journal of Scottish Historical Studies)

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