Castration and Culture in the Middle Ages

by Larissa Tracy

Book Overview

Essays exploring medieval castration, as reflected in archaeology, law, historical record, and literary motifs.

Castration and castrati have always been facets of western culture, from myth and legend to law and theology, from eunuchs guarding harems to the seventeenth- and eighteenth-century castrati singers. Metaphoric castration pervadesa number of medieval literary genres, particularly the Old French fabliaux - exchanges of power predicated...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1843845245
• ISBN13: 9781843845249
• Release Date: March 2019
• Publisher: Boydell & Brewer
• Length: 365 Pages
• Weight: 1.13 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.2"