Women and violence in the late medieval Mediterranean, ca. 1100-1500. (2021)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Lidia L. Zanetti Domingues, Lorenzo Caravaggi, Giulia M. Paoletti.
• Editors: Zanetti Domingues, Lidia Luisa, 1990-; Caravaggi, Lorenzo; Paoletti, Giulia
• Contents: Introduction: Medieval and Modern Gender-Based Violence Lidia L. Zanetti Domingues, Lorenzo Caravaggi, Giulia M. Paoletti Part I: Women and War 1. ‘Both General and Lady’: the 1135 Defence of Gangra by its Amira Maximilian Lau 2. Representations of women’s violence in the epic: the female ‘furor’ in the Old French Guillaume d’Orange Cycle, the Byzantine Digenis Akritis and the Persian Shahnameh by Ferdowsi Nina Soleymani Majd 3. Reflections on Women’s Behaviour in War Contexts in Communal Italy (XII-XIII centuries) Alberto Luongo 4. À l’épreuve des guerres seigneuriales. Des rôles féminins dans la trame de l’Histoire de Corse Lucie Arrighi Part II: Women and Criminal Courts 5. Opportunities to Charge Rape in Thirteenth-Century Bologna Carol Lansing 6. Legal regulation of sex crimes in medieval Serbia and its Mediterranean communes under its rule Nina Kršljanin 7. Lascivious crimes and legitimate proofs: women and the juridical transformation of Norman and Staufen Sicily Philippa Byrne Part III: Violence and Female Social Roles 8. La parrèsia comme expression de la violence féminine à Byzance Élisabeth Malamut 9. Slavery and Violence Against Women in Renaissance Central Italy Loek Luiten 10. ‘With her aid, direction, and fervor’: Women and the Politics of Lordship in Fourteenth-Century Tuscany Joseph Figliulo-Rosswurm 11. Gendering Crime in Byzantium: Abortion, Infanticide and Female Violence Stephanie Novasio Conclusion Annick Peters-Custot
• Edition: 1st
• Publisher Details: London : Routledge
• Publication Date: 2021
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 305.40902; Women -- History -- Middle Ages, 500-1500; Women -- Violence against -- Mediterranean Region -- History -- To 1500; Violence in women -- Mediterranean Region -- History -- To 1500; Family violence -- Mediterranean Region -- History -- To 1500; Abused women -- Mediterranean Region -- History -- To 1500
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781000523492; 9781000523478; 9781003098430
• Related ISBNs: 9780367565701
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Description based on CIP data; resource not viewed.
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