4. The Game of Rape: Sexual Violence and Social Class in the Pastourelle

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Acknowledgments ix
4. Introduction: The Archeology of Rape in Medieval Literature and Law 1
5. 1. Plotting Rape in the Female Saints' Lives 21
6. 2. The Poetics of Rape Law: Chretien de Troyes's Arthurian Romance 42
7. 3. Replaying Rape: Feudal Law on Trial in Le Roman de Renart 72
8. 4. The Game of Rape: Sexual Violence and Social Class in the Pastourelle 104
9. 5. The Complicity of Law and Literature 122
10. Conclusion 141
11. Notes 145
12. Bibliography 177
13. Index 189