Communicating consent and coercion

Kapitel in diesem Buch

1. Frontmatter 1
2. Table of Contents 5
3. List of Illustrations, Figures, and Tables 7
4. Acknowledgments 9
5. Introduction
6. Introductory text 11
7. Abduction, marriage, and consent 14
8. Abduction marriage for all 22
9. Sources 27
10. Structure 33
11. Works cited 34
12. 1. Perks and Perils of Being an Heiress
13. Introductory text 43
14. Reputation, property, and ages of consent 45
15. From excommunication to decapitation 54
16. Age and consent as legal parameters 61
17. Increasing criminalization: Ghent (1191–1438) 63
18. Conclusion 74
19. Works cited 76
20. 2. Abduction’s Who, How, and Why
21. Introductory text 83
22. The impossible marriage 85
23. A gendered offense? 97
24. A family affair 106
25. Conclusion 114
26. Works cited 115
27. 3. Consent In and Out of the Courtroom
28. Introductory text 121
29. Communicating consent and coercion 123
30. Judging consent and coercion 136
31. Explaining and understanding consent and coercion 139
32. Life after abduction 150
33. Conclusion 156
34. Works cited 158
35. 4. What Authorities Did to Help
36. Introductory note 163
37. Secular authorities: between repression and reconciliation 166
38. Two- and three-party cases before the consistory courts 189
39. Conclusion 201
40. Works cited 202
41. Conclusion 209
42. Abbreviations 219
43. Bibliography 221
44. Index 247