Download or read book Imprisoning Medieval Women written by Gwen Seabourne and published by Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.. This book was released on 2011 with total page 238 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "By royal power and command" : maidens (and other women) in towers -- Confinement of women in war and armed conflict -- Other species of "garde" -- "A dreary and solitary place" or "honourable captivity"? -- Wrongful imprisonment and abduction -- "Countless ravishments of women"? -- Common law -- Escaping the confines of the common law -- "Not averse to the arrangement"? -- Other roles -- Agency and contagion.