Feminae: Medieval Women and Gender Index


  • Record Number: 3575
  • Author(s)/Creator(s): Virtue , Nancy E.
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  • Title: Another Look at Medieval Rape Legislation [The author argues that Gratian made important distinctions that heralded the emergence of the legal concept of female consent in sexual relations].
  • Source: Mediaevalia 22, 1 ( 1998): Pages 79 - 94. Published by the Center for Medieval and Early Renaissance Studies, State University of New York at Binghamton
  • Description:
  • Article Type: Journal Article
  • Subject (See Also): Canon Law Consent Gratian, Canonist- Decretum Law Rape Raptus [Latin: Rape or Abduction, Either Forcible or Consensual, Sometimes with the Intention of Marriage]
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  • Geographic Area: Italy
  • Century: 12
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  • Author's Affiliation: Indiana University- Purdue University, Fort Wayne
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  • Year of Publication: 1998.
  • Language: English
  • ISSN/ISBN: Not Available