Chapter 6 Rape in Late Medieval Mæren

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. Table of Contents V
3. Introduction 1
4. Chapter 1 Female Suffering and Rape in Hartmann von Aue’s Erec 11
5. Chapter 2 The Nibelungenlied — a Male Poet Reveals His Fear of Women Violence, Rape, and Political Machinations in the Heroic World 33
6. Chapter 3 Date Rape, or The Breaking of a Contract? The Problematic Case of Mauritius von Craûn. Modern Legal Issues in a Medieval Context 53
7. Chapter 4 Rape in Medieval Romance, with a Focus on Heinrich von dem Türlin’s Diu Crône 83
8. Chapter 5 Rape in Medieval Latin and Middle High German Poetry: Walther von der Vogelweide and the Carmina Burana 113
9. Chapter 6 Rape in Late Medieval Mæren 125
10. Chapter 7 Rape in the World of the Peasant Class in the Late Middle Ages Heinrich Wittenwiler’s Ring 143
11. Chapter 8 Apollonius of Tyre, Mai und Beaflor, and Other Late Medieval Narratives. The Suffering of Young Women Within Their Families 161
12. Chapter 9 Violence against Women in Late Medieval Popular Song Poetry and Heroic Epic Songs 197
13. Chapter 10 The Critical Treatment of Rape in Sixteenth Century Schwänke Literature: The Case of Hans Wilhelm Kirchhoff’s Wendunmuth 205
14. Epilogue 227
15. Bibliography 233
16. Index 269