Violence Against Women in Medieval Texts

Anna Roberts (Edited by)

9780813064949

Paperback / softback, published 20 November 2018

256 pages
23.3 x 15.5 x 1.5 cm, 0.415 kg

This volume brings together specialists from different areas of medieval literary study to focus on the role of habits of thought in shaping attitudes toward women during the Middle Ages. The essays range from Old English literature to the Spanish Inquisition and encompass such genres as romance, chronicles, hagiography, and legal documents.