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Pages: 276
Pages: 276
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Pages: 137
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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 pas
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Pages: 204
Pages: 204
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Contending that early modern fictional portrayals of sexual violence identify the position of the author with that of the chaste woman threatened with rape, Amy
Language: en
Pages: 334
Pages: 334
Type: BOOK - Published: 2003-06-12 - Publisher: Cambridge University Press
An extended study of gender and crime in early modern England. It considers the ways in which criminal behaviour and perceptions of criminality were informed by
