| Medieval Sexuality: A Casebook Contributor(s): Harper, April (Editor), Proctor, Caroline (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0415978319 ISBN-13: 9780415978316 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $152.00 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: November 2007 Annotation: Medieval Sexuality: A Casebook examines the history of medieval sexuality. The volume begins with an introductory essay by the volume editors, April Harper and Carolyn Proctor, and includes 11 original essays by Adelina Angusheva, Ross Balzaretti, Phillip Crispin, Dominic Janes, Hugh Kennedy, Kim Phillips, Sam Riches, Joyce E. Salisbury, David Santiuste, and Ruth Semple. The contributors utilize a variety of literary and philosophical texts, legal documents, and medical treatises to explore a broad range of topics, such as medieval penitentials, women???????'s health, sex as a remedy for ???????love-sickness, ?????? images of sexuality in medieval art, sex and political scandal, sex and travel, and homosexuality. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | Medieval - Psychology | Human Sexuality (see Also Social Science - Human Sexuality) |
| Dewey: 306.770 |
| LCCN: 2007017642 |
| Series: Routledge Medieval Casebooks |
| Physical Information: 0.7" H x 6.32" W x 9.31" (0.98 lbs) 244 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Medieval Sexuality: A Casebook is a fascinating collection featuring both new and established experts in the field. The volume includes 11 original essays by Ross Balzaretti, Philip Crispin, Dominic Janes, Hugh Kennedy, A. Lynn Martin, Kim M. Phillips, Samantha J. E. Riches, Joyce E. Salisbury, David Santiuste, and the volume editors, April Harper and Caroline Proctor. The authors explore a variety of sources, contributing work on a diverse range of topics including: sources for sexuality in Late Lombard Italy; the problematic reception of early medieval penitentials by modern readers; sexuality as experienced by the desert fathers and mothers; connections between saints, monsters, and sexuality in medieval art and hagiography; the relationship between food, seduction, and adultery in the fabliaux; sex, alcohol, and the late medieval stereotype of the unruly woman; sex as a medical and moral concern in medieval regimens of health; ideas of sexuality in political discourse; sex and scandal in festive drama; debates on sexual orientation in Arabic court literature; and pre-colonial descriptions of sexuality in the Far East. The volume concludes with a useful selection of further reading. |