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Record Number:
46049
Author(s)/Creator(s):
Friedrich II , ,
Contributor(s):
Title:
Women in the Sicilian Laws of Frederick II
Source:
The Intolerant Middle Ages: A Reader. Edited by Eugene Smelyansky. University of Toronto Press, 2020. Pages 216 - 222.
Description:
These laws are tempered by considerations of poverty as well as the power exerted by procurers. Excerpts include a prohibition protecting prostitutes from rape. These differences from Christian Europe likely reflect local practices stemming from Byzantine and Muslim communities.
Article Type:
Translation
Subject
(See Also)
:
Adultery
Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor
Law
Marriage
Prostitutes
Rape
Sicily
Award Note:
Geographic Area:
Italy
Century:
13
Primary Evidence:
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Abstract:
Related Resources:
The text is from The Liber Augustalis, or Constitutions of Melfi, Promulgated by the Emperor Frederick II for the Kingdom of Sicily in 1231, trans. James M. Powell (Syracuse University Press, 1971), pp. 23-27, 117-18, 121-22, 145-48.
Author's Affiliation:
Washington State University [Postdoctoral Teaching Fellow]
Conference Info:
- , -
Year of Publication:
2020.
Language:
English
ISSN/ISBN:
9781487506124 (hbk); 9781487524128 (pbk); 9781487533342 (ePub); 9781487533335 (PDF)