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Record Number: 9944 Author(s)/Creator(s): Schotter , Anne Howland. Contributor(s): Title: Rape in the Medieval Latin Comedies Source: Representing Rape in Medieval and Early Modern Literature.  Edited by Elizabeth Robertson and Christine M. Rose.  The New Middle Ages Series. Palgrave, 2001.  Pages 241 - 253. Description: Article Type: Essay Subject (See Also): Consent Latin Literature Literature- Verse Ovid, Ancient Poet Rape in Literature School Texts Sources Award Note: Geographic Area: France Century: 12 Primary Evidence: Illustrations: The twelfth-century Latin "comedies" simultaneously condone rape (reflecting the school culture in which they were used to teach the trivium to young boys) and condemn it (reflecting the new concern for consent among canon lawyers.) [Reproduced by permission of Palgrave]. Table: Abstract: Related Resources: Anne Howland Schotter, in "Rape in the Medieval Latin Comedies," shows why rape is such an important theme in Latin comedies written for schools, as it dramatizes the issues of will and consent that preoccupied twelfth-century clerics and canon lawyers su Author's Affiliation: Wagner College Conference Info: - , - Year of Publication: 2001. Language: English ISSN/ISBN: 0312236484

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