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Record Number: 6902 Author(s)/Creator(s): Phillips , Kim M. Contributor(s): Title: Written on the Body: Reading Rape from the Twelfth to Fifteenth Centuries [the author argues that English law and legal treatises give evidence of three phases over time in the understanding of rape: 1) The raped body as bleeding and violently assaulted 2) Rape as the violation of virginity 3) The raped body as absent, a body that has been feloniously abducted]. Source: Medieval Women and the Law.  Edited by Noël James Menuge.  Boydell Press, 2000.  Pages 125 - 144. Description: Article Type: Essay Subject (See Also): Body Consent Kidnapping Law Politics Rape Violence Virginity Award Note: Geographic Area: British Isles Century: 12- 13- 14- 15 Primary Evidence: Illustrations: Table: Abstract: Related Resources: Author's Affiliation: University of Auckland Conference Info: - , - Year of Publication: 2000. Language: English ISSN/ISBN: 0851157750

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