Sexuality in Medieval Europe
Subtitle: doing unto others
By: Ruth Mazo Karras.
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2005
Place of publication: New York, NY
Language: eng
Number of pages: 208
Subjects: Sex customs -- History -- To 1500; Social history -- Medieval, 500-1500; Europe -- Social conditions -- To 1492
Description: "Combining an overview of research on the topic with original interpretations, and quoting extensively from sources from medieval Christian Europe, Jewish medieval culture and the Islamic world, Sexuality in Medieval Europe is essential reading for all those who study medieval history, or who have an interest in the way sexuality and sexual identity have been viewed in the past."--Jacket.
Table of contents: title: Sex and the Middle Ages; title: The sexuality of chastity; title: Sex and marriage; title: Women outside of marriage; title: Men outside of marriage; title: Medieval and modern sexuality.