Sexual Violence in History: A Bibliography

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

TITLE INFORMATION

Authors: Elizabeth Robertson

Title: Afterword

Subtitle: Ambiguities of Consent and Forms of Resistance to Rape

In: Reconsidering Consent and Coercion: Power, Vulnerability, and Sexual Violence in Medieval Literature

Edited by: Jane Bonsall and Hannah Piercy

Place: Turnhout

Publisher: Brepols Publishers

Year: 2025

Pages: 289-296

Series: Gender and Sexuality in the Global Middle Ages 1

ISBN-13: 9782503605296 (hbk.) - Find a Library: Wikipedia, WorldCat | ISBN-13: 9782503605302 (ebk.) - Find a Library: Wikipedia, WorldCat

Language: English

Keywords: Medieval History | European History | Types: Rape



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Author: Elizabeth Robertson, Centre for Gender History, University of Glasgow - Academia.edu, ReseaerchGate

Abstract: »These resonances are explored in the Afterword to this volume, where Elizabeth Robertson reflects on the contributions this book makes to increasing our understanding of the ambiguity of medieval views of consent and coercion, looking back to previous scholarship and forward to future directions for work in the field of medieval consent studies.« (Source: Bonsall, Jane, and Hannah Piercy. »Introduction: Why Reconsider Medieval Consent and Coercion? Why Now?« Reconsidering Consent and Coercion: Power, Vulnerability, and Sexual Violence in Medieval Literature. Edited by Jane Bonsall et al. Turnhout 2025: 34)

Contents:
  Part One: Consent’s Ambiguities (p. 289)
  Part Two: Resisting Rape Through Disrupting the Gender Binary (p. 293)

Wikipedia: History of Europe: Middle Ages | Sex and the law: Rape / History of rape, Sexual consent