Sexuality in Medieval Europe Doing unto Others

Name: Sexuality in Medieval Europe Doing unto Others
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ISBN: 9780415289634

ISBN-10: 0415289637

ISBN-13: 9780415289634

Edition: 2005

Authors: Ruth Mazo Karras

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The topic of sexuality in medieval Europe is a hugely debated area that is becoming more and more central to the study of the Middle Ages. This highly readable new study provides an overview of the subject, demonstrating that medieval culture developed sexual identities that were quite different from the identities we think of today. Using a wide collection of evidence from the late Antique period up until the fifteenth century, this informative and intriguing volume illustrates how sex in medieval times was understood, not as something that two people did together, but as something that one person did to another. Consequently, gender roles and identities were seen very differently from…

Book details

List price: $32.95
Copyright year: 2005
Publisher: Routledge
Publication date: 4/19/2005
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 208
Size: 6.22" wide x 9.21" long x 0.47" tall
Weight: 0.682
Language: English



Acknowledgments



Sex and the Middle Ages



The Sexuality of Chastity



Sex and Marriage



Women Outside of Marriage



Men Outside of Marriage Afterword: Medieval and Modern Sexuality