Title: Imprisoning medieval women : the non-judicial confinement and abduction of women in England, c.1170-1509 /
Authors: Seabourne, Gwen, 1969-
Publisher: Ashgate,
Year: 2011
Subjects: Women prisoners Great Britain History.; Women Great Britain History; Women Great Britain Social conditions.; Great Britain History
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.