Imprisoning medieval women
Subtitle: the non-judicial confinement and abduction of women in England, c.1170-1509
By: Gwen Seabourne
Publisher: Ashgate; Routledge
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Farnham, Surrey; Burlington, VT
Language: eng
Number of pages: 219
ISBN-13: 9781409417880; 9781409417897
Subjects: Social conditions; Women prisoners; History; Women
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: "By royal power and command" : maidens (and other women) in towers; title: Confinement of women in war and armed conflict; title: Other species of "garde"; title: "A dreary and solitary place" or "honourable captivity"?; title: Wrongful imprisonment and abduction; title: "Countless ravishments of women"?; title: Common law; title: Escaping the confines of the common law; title: "Not averse to the arrangement"?; title: Other roles; title: Agency and contagion.