A History of Rape: Sexual Violence in France from the 16th to the 20th Century

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 'Libertine' 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 'Moral Violence'.

Chapter 4: An 'Increase' In Rape And A 'Decrease' 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