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Record Number:
9764
Author(s)/Creator(s):
Finch , Andrew.
Contributor(s):
Title:
Women and Violence in the Later Middle Ages: The Evidence of the Officiality of Cerisy
Source:
Continuity and Change 7, 1 ( 1992): Pages 23 - 45.
Description:
Article Type:
Journal Article
Subject
(See Also)
:
Abortion
Cerisy-la-Foret, Manche, France
Courts of Law, Ecclesiastical
Crime and Criminals
Fines and Penalties
Infanticide
Insults
Libel and Slander
Rape
Violence
Wife Abuse
Award Note:
Geographic Area:
France
Century:
14- 15
Primary Evidence:
Illustrations:
Table:
Two tables. Table One Assaults, fights, and rapes in the officiality of Cerisy, 1314- circa 1486. Section a presents the proportion involving groups. Section b presents the proportion involving women. Table Two Numbers of men and women involved in violence in the officiality of Cerisy, 1314-circa 1486. Section a presents assaults, fights, and rapes. Section b presents other forms of violence which include abortion and infanticide, homicide, and defamation.
Abstract:
The register of the officiality of Cerisy contains an unusually large amount of information relating to the violent crime. The main utility of this material lies in the area of assaults. Here detailed descriptions allow a "profile" of male and female violence to be reconstructed. These demonstrate that women were capable of similar acts of violence to men, but that their exposure to violence may have been more limited or, in fact, different. Women were particularly vulnerable to sexual and domestic violence; suspicions of abortion and infanticide also invariably fell on them. The evidence does not, however, demonstrate a clear (and expected) link between women and verbal violence.
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Author's Affiliation:
University of York
Conference Info:
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Year of Publication:
1992.
Language:
English
ISSN/ISBN:
02684160