European Sexualities, 1400-1800

by Katherine Crawford

Book Overview

This is a major new survey of the social and cultural history of sexuality in early modern Europe. Within a frame that includes the Renaissance, the Reformation, the Scientific Revolution, and the Enlightenment, it weaves together statistical findings, discussions of changing sexual ideology, and evidence of belief structures regarding family, religion, science, crime, and deviance. While broad in overall scope and coverage, the transformations are...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521839580
• ISBN13: 9780521839587
• Release Date: January 2007
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 258 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.4" x 9.0"