Double Meanings

[Music] Hello, Professor Van Blomaheha. Hope you enjoyed this podcast. According to Chosa, we think it is a coordinate horizon. I think this information is according to reason. In light of the assault case that occurred at Stanford University, Shannon Miller, the woman sexually assaulted by the prominent Stanford swimmer, regained agency in her sexual story through her book, "No My Name," released in June 2019 by Viking Books. I am Maya Miller and her bravery, and hopefully her story can give women courage to tell their stories. As a medievalist in following this case, I couldn't help but think about another renowned figure. This time in past history, Chosa, the father of English poetry, who was also accused of rape or rather wrapped us. The word used at the time in 2018. In my medieval classes, especially when my students read Chosa, my students are always shocked by the information. And then we get into long discussions about the topic. As far as the medieval case goes, although Sicily Shampa dropped all the charges and released Chosa from all actions concerning the rape, there was still a cloud of suspicion. Since the term in that period had a double meaning, that is, it could mean abduction or rape. However, as the Guardian reports in June 2019, just recently, Sebastian Subecki, Professor of Medieval English at the University of Hoganel, he suggests that the term itself is noted to have not only been used for rape and abduction, but also for the abduction of a bride for a groom, so to speak. And in this case, Chosa's abduction of the bride, let's use her first name, Sicily, for his ward, the groom Edmund Steelegate in 3080. In fact, as Subecki states, Chosa's father was also abducted to be married to someone when he was a young boy and it didn't work out. And as Subecki contends, it was actually quite common. But the Guardian suggests that Mariantella, the author of Chosa, a European life, an associate professor of English at Jesus College Oxford. She states that Subecki is right to point out that raptus is sometimes associated with worship, and there could be a connection. However, as she asserts, we still need to accept uncertainty, because we don't know what happened. As Subecki himself acknowledges, "Well, I agree. There was certainly no eyewitnesses listed, which does leave it open for any possibility. My thoughts on the matter is that I do agree with the tuna, not only were the charges dropped by Sicily, but the document titled, "Consuming my rape, de rapto male," which was fortulite in 1873. The scribe Chosa evidently paying a fine of ten pounds to Sicily, which was a considerable amount of money at that time. I converted it using an online converter, which came up to about $13,092 US dollars, and about $10,014 pounds to Sicily. In 2020, I hope it's correct. Your thoughts on anything similar? Yep. Pay all deals in numerous high-profile rape cases in our recent past, and more recently, Weinstein's case, where the New York Times reported in December 2019 that Weinstein and his accusers, over 30 actresses and former employees, had reached a tentative PL deal of $25 million. Here are some questions for those listening. If Sicily dropped all the charges, why did Chosa still pay a fine? And is paying a fine a usual step to those proceedings? What did it demonstrate admittance to guilt, or final step to punishment or exoneration? Again, we might never fully know, but we can look at the model of rape-duis prudence in Chosa's lifetime to get an idea of the situation and compare it to our own. Let's discuss next time in Episode 2 of Ponyville Podcast. I bid you farewell.