@article{1440784,
      recid = {1440784},
      author = {Barker, Helen},
      title = {Rape in early modern England : law, history and criticism  /},
      pages = {1 online resource},
      abstract = {"This book is intended for those in the humanities seeking  a legal context for writing about rape in early modern  England. It takes the premise that over the past four  decades misunderstandings about rape law, and misreadings  of rape statutes from medieval to Elizabethan times, have  become widely cited in criticism. Helen Barker identifies  how this has arisen, and discusses the main sources of  confusion including indissoluble issues around the word  "ravishment". Rape law historically encompassed elopement  and abduction; this book offers a succinct overview of the  law, and draws attention to the wider social context other  than gender opposition in which it is often presented. In  addition, critics have been tempted to rely on the  ostensibly authoritative seventeenth-century treatise, The  Lawes Resolutions of Womens Rights, as a legal source. By  examining the context of its publication, this book  suggests that the treatise is unreliable and can mislead  the unwary"--},
      url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/1440784},
      doi = {https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-82609-3},
}