Overview
Provides a legal and historical context from which to approach the subject of rape in early modern England
Argues that The Lawes Resolutions of Womens Rights cannot be regarded as a reliable legal source
Also addresses confusion over the status of a range of other early printed legal handbooks
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Book Title: Rape in Early Modern England
Book Subtitle: Law, History and Criticism
Authors: Helen Barker
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-82609-3
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: History, History (R0)
Copyright Information: The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2021
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-82608-6Published: 03 November 2021
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-82609-3Published: 02 November 2021
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIII, 128
Topics: History, general, History of Early Modern Europe, Legal History