Sexual Violence in History: A Bibliography

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

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Speaker: Elizabeth Rhodes

Title: Love as Palimpsest for Abuse in Early Modern Texts

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Conference: 71st Annual Meeting of the Renaissance Society of America (March 20-22, 2025) - Online Program

Session: The Hiddenness of Sexual Violence in Early Modern Spanish Literature I: Terms and Myths (Chair: Mercedes Alcalá Galán)

Place: Boston, Massachusetts, United States

Date: March 22, 2025

Language: English

Keywords: Medieval History: 15th Century; Modern History: 16th Century, 17th Century | European History: Italian History, Spanish History | Representations: Literary Texts / Luis de Gongóra, Francisco de Quevedo; Representations: Philosophical Texts / Judah Leon Abravanel, Marsilio Ficino



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Speaker: Elizabeth Rhodes, Department of Romance Languages and Literatures, Boston College - Academia.edu, Google Scholar, ORCID, ResearchGate

Abstract: »Analysis of early modern love philosophy (Ficino, Hebreo et alia), as well as studies of burlesque love texts (Quevedo, Góngora et alia), abound in scholarship. The academy has yet to attend to usage of the love lexicon in common literary language as a means to disguise abusive intentions. This paper analyzes fictional character's use of the word 'love' to mean the pursuit of sex without regard to consent, as well as the same lexicon's employ in religious texts to mask an abusive divinity as constructed by the patriarchal tradition.« (Source: Online Program)

Wikipedia: History of Europe: History of Italy / Italy in the Middle Ages | History of Europe: History of Spain / Habsburg Spain | Philosophy: Italian philosophy / Judah Leon Abravanel, Marsilio Ficino | Literature: Spanish literature / Luis de Góngora, Francisco de Quevedo