Sexual violence and rape in the Middle Ages a critical discourse in premodern German and European literature / [electronic resource] :
Albrecht Classen.
- Berlin : De Gruyter, c2011.
- vi, 272 p.
- Fundamentals of medieval and early modern culture, 7 1864-3396 ; .
- Fundamentals of medieval and early modern culture ; 7. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction -- Female suffering and rape in Hartmann von Aue's Erec -- Nibelungenlied: a male poet reveals his fear of women -- Date rape, or the breaking of a contract? the problematic case of Mauritius von Craûn: modern legal issues in a medieval context -- Rape in medieval romance, with a focus on Heinrich von Dem Türlin's Diu crône -- Rape in medieval Latin and middle high German poetry: with some reflections on Walther von der Vogelweide and the Carmina burana -- Rape in late medieval mæren -- Rape in the world of the peasant class in the late Middle Ages: Heinrich Wittenwiler's Ring -- Apollonius of Tyre, Mai und Beaflor, and other late medieval narratives: the suffering of young women within their families -- Violence against women in late medieval popular song poetry and heroic epic songs -- The critical treatment of rape in sixteenth century Schwänke literature: the case of Hans Wilhelm Kirchhoff's Wendunmuth -- Epilogue.
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German literature--History and criticism.--Middle High German, 1050-1500 Rape in literature. Women in literature. Violence in literature. German literature--History and criticism.--Early modern, 1500-1700 Latin literature, Medieval and modern--History and criticism.--Europe Literature, Medieval--History and criticism.