Chapter fourteen The Myth of Jus Primae Noctis, or the “Right of the First Night,” in Braveheart (1995)

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Introduction 1
4. Canon Law and the World of the Medieval Church
5. Chapter one Between Royal Law and Canon Law in Becket (1964) 9
6. Chapter two Relic Movement, Anathema, and Crusade in Pilgrimage (2017) 22
7. Chapter three The Creation of the Franciscan Rule in Francesco (1989) 36
8. Chapter four Poverty and Heresy in The Name of the Rose (1986) 49
9. Chapter five Joan of Arc’s Inquisitorial Trial of Faith in The Passion of Joan of Arc (1928) 61
10. “ Feudal” Law and the Customs of Lordship
11. Chapter Six The Chivalric Code in The Green Knight (2021) 75
12. Chapter seven Crusading and Oath-Taking in Kingdom of Heaven (2005) 89
13. Chapter eight Forest Law in The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938) 101
14. Chapter Nine Trial by Battle and Gendered Medievalisms in The Last Duel (2021) 114
15. Chapter ten Animal Trials in The Advocate (1993) 126
16. Women and Representations of Premodern Law
17. Chapter eleven Religious Women’s Authority and Rules for Nuns in Vision: From the Life of Hildegard von Bingen (2009) 141
18. Chapter twelve War, Family, and the Law of the Kyivan Rus in Alexander Nevsky (1938) 153
19. Chapter thirteen Church Law, Community Practice, and the Witch Trial That Wasn’t in Sorceress (1987) 166
20. Chapter fourteen The Myth of Jus Primae Noctis, or the “Right of the First Night,” in Braveheart (1995) 180
21. Chapter fifteen Medieval Satire and the Canon Law of Claustration in The Little Hours (2017) 195
22. Religious Conflict and Forging Communities through Law
23. Chapter sixteen Late Roman Law, Women’s Status, and Classical Education in Agora (2009) 211
24. Chapter seventeen Depicting the Prophet, Social Justice, and the Pillars of Islam in The Message (1976) 225
25. Chapter eighteen Lawful Language and Global North Encounters in The 13th Warrior (1999) 237
26. Chapter nineteen Jewish Assimilation and the Absent “Saracens” and Africans of Ivanhoe (1952) 251
27. Chapter twenty Medieval Science, the Spanish Inquisition, and Religious Violence in 1492: Conquest of Paradise (1992) 265
28. Acknowledgments 279
29. Contributors 281
30. Index 283