Imprisoning medieval women : the non-judicial confinement and abduction of women in England, c.1170-1509 / Gwen Seabourne.

The non-judicial confinement of women is a common event in medieval European literature and hagiography. The literary image of the imprisoned woman, usually a noblewoman, has carried through into the quasi-medieval world of the fairy and folk tale, in which the 'maiden in the tower' is one...

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