Re: rape and incest in 17th cent

Dave Postles (pot@leicester.ac.uk)
Fri, 6 Jan 1995 17:45:01 +0000

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The Irish indictment described by Dorothy Africa probably refers to the
original meaning of rape (raptus) in English common law - abduction and illegal
marriage; though by the 18th C the two meanings coexisted. This double
meaning, needless to say, creates confusion for us!

Susan Amussen
amussen@minerva.cis.yale.edu

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