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A Cultural History of Sexuality in the Middle Ages
Hardback
Main Details
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A Cultural History of Sexuality in the Middle Ages
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Authors and Contributors |
Edited by Ruth Evans
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Series | The Cultural Histories Series |
Physical Properties |
Format:Hardback | Pages:312 | Dimensions(mm): Height 244,Width 172 |
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ISBN/Barcode |
9781847888013
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Classifications | Dewey:306.70902 |
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Audience | Tertiary Education (US: College) | Professional & Vocational | |
Illustrations |
42 bw illus
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Publishing Details |
Publisher |
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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Imprint |
Berg Publishers
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Publication Date |
1 March 2012 |
Publication Country |
United Kingdom
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Description
Historians of sexuality have often assumed that medieval people were less interested in sex than we are. But people in the Middle Ages wrote a great deal about sex: in confessors' manuals, in virginity treatises, and in literary texts. This volume looks afresh at the cultural meanings that sex had throughout the period, presenting new evidence and offering new interpretations of known material. Acknowledging that many of the categories that we use today to talk about sexuality are inadequate for understanding sex in premodern times, the volume draws on important recent work in the historiography of medieval sexuality to address the conceptual and methodological challenges the period presents. A Cultural History of Sexuality in the Middle Ages presents an overview of the period with essays on heterosexuality, homosexuality, sexual variations, religious and legal issues, health concerns, popular beliefs about sexuality, prostitution and erotica.
Author Biography
Ruth Evans is Dorothy McBride Orthwein Chair of English at St Louis University. She has recently co-edited Medieval Virginities, Medieval Cultural Studies and Secrets, Mysteries and Silences.
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