Sexuality in Medieval Europe: Doing Unto Others

by Ruth Mazo Karras, Katherine E Pierpont, Katherine E. Pierpont

Book Overview

Challenging the way the Middle Ages have been treated in general histories of sexuality, Sexuality in Medieval Europe shows how views at the time were conflicted and complicated; there was no single medieval attitude towards sexuality any more than there is one modern attitude. Focusing on marital sexual activity, as well as behavior that was seen as transgressive, the chapters cover such topics as chastity, the role of the church, and non-reproductive...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1138860891
• ISBN13: 9781138860896
• Release Date: January 2017
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 268 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.1"

Customer Reviews

One Hundred Dollars?

How unfortunate that such a useful study has been priced so prohibitively. Even the paperback price seems more suited to an institutional budget than to something the individual scholar might manage.