Feminae: Medieval Women and Gender Index


  • Record Number: 18767
  • Author(s)/Creator(s): Prevenier , Walter.
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  • Title: Violence Against Women in a Medieval Metropolis: Paris Around 1400 [The author argues that fifteenth-century Parisian trial records attest to an everyday climate of danger and violence for single women living in the medieval metropolis. He discusses in detail the case of Ysablet des Champions, a widow who was raped by servants of the duke of Burgundy, and who went on to build a successful court case against her assailants. Title note supplied by Feminae.].
  • Source: Law, custom, and the social fabric in medieval Europe: essays in honor of Bryce Lyon.  Edited by Bernard S. Bachrach and David NicholasStudies in medieval culture.  Medieval Institute Publications, Western Michigan University, 1990.  Pages 263 - 283.
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  • Article Type: Journal Article
  • Subject (See Also): Crime and Criminals Paris Rape Sexual Violence Social History Women's History Ysablet des Champions, Parisian Widow and Victim of Rape
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  • Geographic Area: France
  • Century: 14- 15
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  • Year of Publication: 1990.
  • Language: English
  • ISSN/ISBN: 0918720303