A history of rape: sexual violence in France from the 16th to the 20th century

Abstract

Introduction. Part One: The Ancien RUgime, Violence And Blasphemy. Chapter 1: A Violence Like Any Other?. Chapter 2: The Degradation That Concealed Violence. Chapter 3: The Absence Of The Subject That Concealed Violence. Part Two: The Revision And Relative Impotence Of The Code. Chapter 1: Public Opinion, The a Libertinea And The Victim At The End Of The Eighteenth Century. Chapter 2: The Emergence Of Child Rape. Chapter 3: Revolution Through The Codes. Part Three: Modern Law And The Range Of Acts. Chapter 1: A New Curiosity At The Beginning Of The Nineteenth Century. Chapter 2: Defining Affront And Assault. Chapter 3: Recognizing a Moral Violencea . Chapter 4: An a Increasea In Rape And A a Decreasea In Violence?. Part Four: Inventing The Rapist. Chapter 1: Rape--murder At The End Of The Nineteenth Century. Chapter 2: Investigating The Rapist. Chapter 3: Deviance And Marginals. Chapter 4: The Beginnings Of A Psychology. Part 5: The Moral Debate: Rape And Society Today. Chapter 1: From Trying Rapists To Trying Rape. Chapter 2 The Collapse Of The Old Order. Chapter 3 At Risk From The Law: Condemnation And Treatment. Conclusion. Notes