The Invention of a Theology of Abduction: Hincmar of Rheims on Raptus
‘Raptus’, the abduction of women in order to marry them, was seen as a serious problem in Carolingian Francia. This article examines the only Frankish text that provides a theological justification for condemning raptus, Hincmar of Rheims's De coercendo et exstirpando raptu viduarum, puellarum...
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Cambridge Univ. Press
2009
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The journal of ecclesiastical history
Year: 2009, Volume: 60, Issue: 3, Pages: 433-448 |
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