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Overview"Like specialists in other fields in humanities and social sciences, medievalists have begun to investigate and write about sex and related topics such as courtship, concubinage, divorce, marriage, prostitution, and child rearing. The scholarship in this significant volume asserts that sexual conduct formed a crucial role in the lives, thoughts, hopes and fears both of individuals and of the institutions that they created in the middle ages. The absorbing subject of sexuality in the Middle Ages is examined in 19 original articles written specifically for this ""Handbook"" by the major authorities in their scholarly specialties. The study of medieval sexuality poses problems for the researcher: indices in standard sources rarely refer to sexual topics, and standard secondary sources often ignore the material or say little about it. Yet a vast amount of research is available, and the information is accessible to the student who knows where to look and what to look for. This volume is a valuable guide to the material and an indicator of what subjects are likely to yield fresh scholarly rewards." Full Product DetailsAuthor: Vern L. Bullough , James BrundagePublisher: Taylor & Francis Inc Imprint: Routledge Edition: annotated edition Dimensions: Width: 13.80cm , Height: 3.10cm , Length: 21.60cm Weight: 1.010kg ISBN: 9780815312871ISBN 10: 0815312873 Pages: 460 Publication Date: 01 March 1996 Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate , Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsPart 1 I Sexual Norms; Chapter 1 I Confession and the Study of Sex in the Middle Ages, Pierre J. Payer; Chapter 2 2SEX AND CANON LAW, James A.Brundage; Chapter 3 3WESTERN MEDICINE AND NATURAL PHILOSOPHY, JoanCaddert; Chapter 4 GENDERED SEXUALITY, Joyce E.Salisbury; Chapter 5 CHASTE MARRIAGE IN THE MIDDLE AGES, MargaretMcGlynn, Richard J.Moll; Chapter 6 HIDING BEHIND THE UNIVERSAL MAN, Jacqueline Murray; Part II II VARIANCE FROM NORMS; Chapter 7 HOMOSEXUALITY, Warren Johansson, William A. Percy; Chapter 8 TWICE MARGINAL AND TWICE INVISIBLE, Murray Jacqueline; Chapter 9 Cross Dressing and Gender Role Change in the Middle Ages, Vern L.Bullough; Chapter 10 PROSTITUTION IN MEDIEVAL EUROPE, Ruth Mazo. Karras; Chapter 11 Contraception and Early Abortion in the Middle Ages, John M. Riddle; Chapter 12 Castration and Eunuchism in the Middle Ages, Mathew S.Kuefler; Chapter 13 A NOTE ON RESEARCH INTO JEWISH SEXUALITY IN THE MEDIEVAL PERIOD, Norman Roth; Bibliography; Chapter 14 A RESEARCH NOTE ON SEXUALITY AND MUSLIM CIVILIZATION, Norman Roth; Bibliography; Chapter 15 Eastern Orthodox Christianity, Eve Levin; Chapter 16 Sexuality in Medieval French Literature, Laurie A.Firtke; Chapter 17 Old Norse Sexuality: MEn, Women, and Beasts, Jenny Jochens; Chapter 18 Sex Roles and the Role of Sex in Medieval English Literature, DavidLampe; contrib Contributors Index;Reviews"...""the layout is pleasing and the organization of bibliographies helpful. This is a useful Handbook, full of fascinating material, in which every reader is bound to find something of interest."" -Parergon ""Bullough and Brundage and their sixteen co-authors give wonderful up-to-date coverage, both chronological and geographical, of a wide variety of subjects and fields: law, medicine, theology, abstention, homosexuality, prostitution, contraception, eunuchism; Jewish, Muslim and Eastern Orthodox as well as Latin Christian traditions; literary treatments in French, Norse and English. It's a handbook that really deserves to be kept at hand."" -H.A. Kelly, Director of the Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies, UCLA ""Bullough and Brundage are the masters of the field of medieval sexuality. In this handbook they have marshaled a rich collection of essays by leading scholars in the second generation. Read it and learn."" -JoAnn McNamara, Hunter College ""[A] highly informative and essential reference work for those interested in medieval society and in human sexuality, past or present."" -""Canadian Folklore ""A solidly instructive, introductory guide to the study of medieval sexuality, its sources and literature...carefully written and rigorously documented."" -""The Medieval Review" ... the layout is pleasing and the organization of bibliographies helpful. This is a useful Handbook, full of fascinating material, in which every reader is bound to find something of interest. -Parergon Bullough and Brundage and their sixteen co-authors give wonderful up-to-date coverage, both chronological and geographical, of a wide variety of subjects and fields: law, medicine, theology, abstention, homosexuality, prostitution, contraception, eunuchism; Jewish, Muslim and Eastern Orthodox as well as Latin Christian traditions; literary treatments in French, Norse and English. It's a handbook that really deserves to be kept at hand. -H.A. Kelly, Director of the Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies, UCLA Bullough and Brundage are the masters of the field of medieval sexuality. In this handbook they have marshaled a rich collection of essays by leading scholars in the second generation. Read it and learn. -JoAnn McNamara, Hunter College [A] highly informative and essential reference work for those interested in medieval society and in human sexuality, past or present. - Canadian Folklore A solidly instructive, introductory guide to the study of medieval sexuality, its sources and literature...carefully written and rigorously documented. - The Medieval Review ... the layout is pleasing and the organization of bibliographies helpful. This is a useful Handbook, full of fascinating material, in which every reader is bound to find something of interest. <br>-Parergon <br> Bullough and Brundage and their sixteen co-authors give wonderful up-to-date coverage, both chronological and geographical, of a wide variety of subjects and fields: law, medicine, theology, abstention, homosexuality, prostitution, contraception, eunuchism; Jewish, Muslim and Eastern Orthodox as well as Latin Christian traditions; literary treatments in French, Norse and English. It's a handbook that really deserves to be kept at hand. <br>-H.A. Kelly, Director of the Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies, UCLA <br> Bullough and Brundage are the masters of the field of medieval sexuality. In this handbook they have marshaled a rich collection of essays by leading scholars in the second generation. Read it and learn. <br>-JoAnn McNamara, Hunter College <br> [A] highly informative and essential reference work for those interested in medieval society and in human sexuality, past or present. <br>- Canadian Folklore <br> A solidly instructive, introductory guide to the study of medieval sexuality, its sources and literature...carefully written and rigorously documented. <br>- The Medieval Review <br> Author InformationVERNL. BULLOUGH, JAMESA. BRUNDAGE Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |