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| Genre/Form: | Electronic books |
|---|---|
| Additional Physical Format: | Print version: (DLC) 2010046206 |
| Material Type: | Document, Internet resource |
| Document Type: | Internet Resource, Computer File |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Gwen Seabourne; Ebooks Corporation. |
| ISBN: | 1409417891 9781409417897 |
| OCLC Number: | 741926985 |
| Description: | 1 online resource (xiv, 219 p. ) : ill. ; |
| Contents: | "By royal power and command" : maidens (and other women) in towers -- Confinement of women in war and armed conflict -- Other species of "garde" -- "A dreary and solitary place" or "honourable captivity"? -- Wrongful imprisonment and abduction -- "Countless ravishments of women"? -- Common law -- Escaping the confines of the common law -- "Not averse to the arrangement"? -- Other roles -- Agency and contagion. |
| Responsibility: | Gwen Seabourne. |
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'Seabourne's meticulous study examines the variety of creative ways the medieval English subjected women to abduction and confinement, focusing especially on women's experiences of confinement and how those experiences altered over time.' Journal of British Studies Read more...
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