Women and violence in the late medieval Mediterranean, ca. 1100-1500

Author(s)

• Zanetti Domingues, Lidia Luisa
• Caravaggi, Lorenzo
• Paoletti, Giulia M.

Bibliographic Information

Women and violence in the late medieval Mediterranean, ca. 1100-1500

edited by Lidia L. Zanetti Domingues, Lorenzo Caravaggi, and Giulia M. Paoletti

（Studies in medieval history and culture）

Routledge, 2022

• : hbk

Note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

This book builds on the contributions of the social sciences, and in particular feminist criminology, which will interest all those researching the history of the role of women / This book analyses both violence against women and violence perpetrated by women, in order to show how medieval assumptions postulated a tight connection between the two / This book will be of particular value to those interested in medieval culture, gender roles, and law.

Table of Contents

Introduction: Medieval and Modern Gender-Based Violence Lidia L. Zanetti Domingues, Lorenzo Caravaggi, Giulia M. Paoletti Part I: Women and War 1. "Both General and Lady": the 1135 Defence of Gangra by its Amira Maximilian Lau 2. Representations of women's violence in the epic: the female 'furor' in the Old French Guillaume d'Orange Cycle, the Byzantine Digenis Akritis and the Persian Shahnameh by Ferdowsi Nina Soleymani Majd 3. Reflections on Women's Behaviour in War Contexts in Communal Italy (Twelfth-Thirteenth centuries) Alberto Luongo 4. A l'epreuve des guerres seigneuriales. Des roles feminins dans la trame de l'Histoire de Corse (quinzieme siecle) Lucie Arrighi Part II: Women and Criminal Courts 5. Opportunities to Charge Rape in Thirteenth-Century Bologna Carol Lansing 6. Legal regulation of sex crimes in medieval Serbia and its Mediterranean communes under its rule Nina Krsljanin 7. Lascivious crimes and legitimate proofs: women and the juridical transformation of Norman and Staufen Sicily Philippa Byrne Part III: Violence and Female Social Roles 8. La parresia comme expression de la violence feminine a Byzance Elisabeth Malamut 9. Slavery and Violence Against Women in Renaissance Central Italy Loek Luiten 10. 'With her aid, direction, and fervor': Women and the Politics of Lordship in Fourteenth-Century Tuscany Joseph Figliulo-Rosswurm 11. Gendering Crime in Byzantium: Abortion, Infanticide and Female Violence Stephanie Novasio Conclusion Annick Peters-Custot

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Details

• NCID: BC1060733X
• ISBN:
  • 9780367565701
• Country Code: uk
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: engfre
• Place of Publication: London
• Pages/Volumes: xi, 226 p.
• Size: 25 cm
• Classification:
  • DC23 : 305.40902
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Women -- History -- Middle Ages, 500-1500
  • LCSH : Women -- Violence against -- Mediterranean Region -- History -- To 1500
  • LCSH : Violence in women -- Mediterranean Region -- History -- To 1500
  • LCSH : Family violence -- Mediterranean Region -- History -- To 1500
  • LCSH : Abused women -- Mediterranean Region -- History -- To 1500
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BA54827430