Oops, sorry, I forgot-- the rape trial was in 1337 in Paris... ****************** Astrida Schaeffer, Assistant Director The Art Gallery University of New Hampshire Paul Creative Arts Center 30 College Road Durham, NH 03824 (603) 862-0310 [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fax: (603) 862-2191 ******************
>-----Original Message----- >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Schaeffer, Astrida >Sent: Friday, September 14, 2007 9:52 AM >To: Historical Costume >Subject: RE: [h-cost] middle ages: braies for women? > >>> Anyway, I -DID- run across a rape trial account where the man was >>> convicted because he'd had to pull the girl's braies down before he >>> could do the deed. Had there been no braies, her status as >>an innocent >>> in the proceedings would have been in question. > >>I'd be very interested in more details about this trial -- especially >>time, place, and how the account has been transmitted to us. >> >>Heather > > >I keep forgetting I have PDFs of completed chapters, so >finding this wasn't as hard as I thought it would be. The >trial is listed in Louis Tanon's "Registre criminal de la >Justice de Saint-Martin-des-Champs à Paris au XIVe siécle", >Paris: Léon Wilhelm, 1877 > >"Là, en un selier, fist entrer, oultre son gré et par force, >ladicte Perrete la Souplice, et la jeta à terre, et avala ses >braies, et se mist sus lui, et s'efforça contre sa nature tant >comme il pot..." >(Tanon, 88) > > >(Now you guys won't 'need' to get the book should it ever make >it off of my computer ; ) ) > >Astrida >****************** >Astrida Schaeffer, Assistant Director >The Art Gallery >University of New Hampshire >Paul Creative Arts Center >30 College Road >Durham, NH 03824 >(603) 862-0310 >[EMAIL PROTECTED] >Fax: (603) 862-2191 >****************** >_______________________________________________ >h-costume mailing list >[email protected] >http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume > _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list [email protected] http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
