03429nam 2200661Ia 450 991045694500332120200520144314.01-317-11827-81-317-11826-X1-283-11550-697866131155081-4094-1789-1(CKB)2550000000033335(EBL)688663(OCoLC)729166603(SSID)ssj0000537831(PQKBManifestationID)11331436(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000537831(PQKBWorkID)10554714(PQKB)11770153(MiAaPQ)EBC688663(PPN)190913916(Au-PeEL)EBL688663(CaPaEBR)ebr10466708(CaONFJC)MIL922628(EXLCZ)99255000000003333520101101d2011 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrImprisoning medieval women[electronic resource] the non-judicial confinement and abduction of women in England, c.1170-1509 /Gwen SeabourneFarnham, England ;Burlington, VT Ashgate20111 online resource (238 p.)Description based upon print version of record.1-4094-1788-3 Includes bibliographical references and index.Cover; Contents; List of Tables; List of Abbreviations; Preface; Acknowledgements; Introduction; PART I By Royal Power and Command: Maidens (and Other Women) in Towers; 1 Confinement of Women in War and Armed Conflict; 2 Other Species of 'Garde': Royal Wardship and 'Idiocy' Guardianship; 3 'A Dreary and Solitary Place' or 'Honourable Captivity'?; PART II Wrongful Imprisonment and Abduction: Legal Responses and their Limits; 4 'Countless Ravishments of Women'? Legislation and Other Royal Initiatives; 5 Common Law; 6 Escaping the Confines of the Common Law7 'Not Averse to the Arrangement'? Allegations of Collusion and ConsentPART III Other Roles; 8 Agency and Contagion: Further Aspects of Women's Participation; Conclusion; Appendix Raptus; Select Bibliography; IndexThis study of the confinement of women highlights the disparity in regulation concerning male and female imprisonment in the middle ages, and gives a useful perspective on the nature of medieval law, its scope and limitations, and its interaction with royal power and prerogative. It examines situations in which women might be imprisoned without formal accusation of trial; how social status, national allegiance and stage of life affected the chances of imprisonment; the relevant legal rules and norms; the extent to which legal and constitutional developments in medieval England affected women'sWomen prisonersGreat BritainHistoryWomenGreat BritainHistoryMiddle Ages, 500-1500WomenGreat BritainSocial conditionsGreat BritainHistoryMedieval period, 1066-1485Electronic books.Women prisonersHistory.WomenHistoryWomenSocial conditions.365/.4309420902Seabourne Gwen1969-977769MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910456945003321Imprisoning medieval women2227497UNINA