Sexual Violence in History: A Bibliography

compiled by Stefan Blaschke

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First published: August 1, 2026 - Last updated: August 1, 2026

TITLE INFORMATION

Speaker: Sarah Baechle

Title: "Dede(s) of men"

Subtitle: Theorizing Masculinity and Political Consent in the Legend of Good Women

Conference: 61st International Congress on Medieval Studies (May 14-16, 2026) - Online Program

Session: 4 - Chaucer's Dearth of Good Men (1): The Legend of Good Women (Presider: Betsy McCormick, Organizers: Wendy A. Matlock, Joseph Turner and Elizabeth Melick)

Place: Kalamazoo, Michigan, United States

Date: May 16, 2026

Language: English

Keywords: Medieval History: 14th Century | European History: English History | Representations: Literary Texts / Geoffrey Chaucer



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Speaker: Sarah Baechle, Department of English, University of Mississippi - ResearchGate

Abstract: »This paper considers the binaries of masculine vice and virtue which Chaucer constructs around narratives of sexual violence, reading them both as they advance strikingly modern theorizations of the will and as they affirm enduring harmful myths about consent and violation.« (Source: Online Program)

Wikipedia: History of Europe: History of England / England in the Late Middle Ages | Literature: English literature / Geoffrey Chaucer, The Legend of Good Women | Sex and the law: Sexual violence