Classen Sexual Violence and Rape in the Middle Ages

A Critical Discourse in Premodern German and European Literature
1. Auflage 2011
ISBN: 978-3-11-026338-1
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark

E-Book, Englisch, Band 7, 278 Seiten

Reihe: Fundamentals of Medieval and Early Modern CultureISSN

Zielgruppe

Scholars (Literary Studies, Medieval Studies, Cultural Studies), Departments, Libraries

Autoren/Hrsg.

Classen, Albrecht

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Deutsche Literatur
• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Europäische Literatur
• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Literarische Stoffe, Motive und Themen

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1;Table of Contents;6
2;Introduction;8
3;Chapter 1 Female Suffering and Rape in Hartmann von Aue’s Erec;18
4;Chapter 2 The Nibelungenlied — a Male Poet Reveals His Fear of Women Violence, Rape, and Political Machinations in the Heroic World;40
5;Chapter 3 Date Rape, or The Breaking of a Contract? The Problematic Case of Mauritius von Craûn. Modern Legal Issues in a Medieval Context;60
6;Chapter 4 Rape in Medieval Romance, with a Focus on Heinrich von dem Türlin’s Diu Crône;90
7;Chapter 5 Rape in Medieval Latin and Middle High German Poetry: Walther von der Vogelweide and the Carmina Burana;120
8;Chapter 6 Rape in Late Medieval Mæren;132
9;Chapter 7 Rape in the World of the Peasant Class in the Late Middle Ages Heinrich Wittenwiler’s Ring;150
10;Chapter 8 Apollonius of Tyre, Mai und Beaflor, and Other Late Medieval Narratives. The Suffering of Young Women Within Their Families;168
11;Chapter 9 Violence against Women in Late Medieval Popular Song Poetry and Heroic Epic Songs;204
12;Chapter 10 The Critical Treatment of Rape in Sixteenth Century Schwänke Literature: The Case of Hans Wilhelm Kirchhoff’s Wendunmuth;212
13;Epilogue;234
14;Bibliography;240
15;Index;276

Über Autor(innen)

Classen, Albrecht
Albrecht Classen, University of Arizona, Tuscon, USA