| A Cultural History of Sexuality in the Middle Ages Contributor(s): Evans, Ruth (Editor) |
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ISBN: 1847888011 ISBN-13: 9781847888013 Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC OUR PRICE: $133.65 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: May 2012 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Psychology | Human Sexuality (see Also Social Science - Human Sexuality) - History | Social History |
| Dewey: 306.7 |
| Series: Cultural History of Sexuality |
| Physical Information: 0.75" H x 6.69" W x 9.61" (1.54 lbs) 312 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher 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. |