Introduction
Female suffering and rape in Hartmann von Aue's Erec
Nibelungenlied: a male poet reveals his fear of women
Date rape, or the breaking of a contract? the problematic case of Mauritius von Craûn: modern legal issues in a medieval context
Rape in medieval romance, with a focus on Heinrich von Dem Türlin's Diu crône
Rape in medieval Latin and middle high German poetry: with some reflections on Walther von der Vogelweide and the Carmina burana
Rape in late medieval mæren
Rape in the world of the peasant class in the late Middle Ages: Heinrich Wittenwiler's Ring
Apollonius of Tyre, Mai und Beaflor, and other late medieval narratives: the suffering of young women within their families
Violence against women in late medieval popular song poetry and heroic epic songs
The critical treatment of rape in sixteenth century Schwänke literature: the case of Hans Wilhelm Kirchhoff's Wendunmuth
Epilogue.