Consent & Coercion to Sex & Marriage in Ancient & Medieval Societies
Edited by: Angeliki E. Laiou
Binding: Hardcover, 308 pages
Publisher: Dumbarton Oaks
Published Date: 11/01/1997
List: USD $16.95
ISBN: 0884022625
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Publisher's Note:
The nine studies collected here deal with Ancient Greece and Rome, the Byzantine Empire,
and Western Medieval Europe. It is thus possible to see different approaches on the part
of these societies, and also a certain evolution, in which Christianity played an
important and subtle role. Other concepts, such as honor and shame, are also examined. The
approaches taken by the authors are as varied as the topics; a common thread is the
interest in the relationship between law, ideology, and social practice, and the
reflection of such issues in literature.
Table of Contents:
Introduction
Pt. 1 Ancient Greece and Rome
Consent and Sexual Relations in Classical Athens 5
Seduction and Rape in Greek Myth 17
Livy's Lucretia and the Validity of Coerced Consent in Roman Law 39
The Social Dynamics of Consent to Marriage and Sexual Relations: The Evidence of Roman
Comedy 83
Pt. 2 Byzantium
Sex, Consent, and Coercion in Byzantium 109
Pt. 3 The Medieval West
Consent and Dissent to Sexual Intercourse in Germanic Societies from the Fifth to the
Tenth Century 227
Implied Consent to Intercourse 245
Consent and the Marital Debt: Five Discourses in Northern France around 1200 257
[Actual symbol not reproducible] Hennar Sjalfrar": Consent as Signifier in the Old
Norse World 271
Index 291
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