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.
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..."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
--This text refers to the Hardcover edition.
-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
--This text refers to the Hardcover edition.
About the Author
Vern L. Bullough is Distinguished Professor Emeritus at the State University of New York. James A. Brundage is the Ahmanson-Murphy Distinguished Professor of History and the Courtesy Professor of Law at the University of Kansas, Lawrence.
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erotic libel, medieval lesbians, marital nullity, sodomy delusion, summae con fessorum, temps pour embrasser, chaste marriage, medieval sexuality, medieval prostitution, les eunuques, con fessionis, conjugal debt, simple fornication, libri poenitentiales, gendered sexuality, official brothels, lesbian sexual activity, medieval canon law, confessional literature, marital debt, lesbian activity, troubadour lyric, private penance, female homoeroticism, medieval women Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New York, University of Chicago Press, Cambridge University Press, Garland Publishing, Middle English, Harvard University Press, Oxford University Press, Princeton University Press, Basil Blackwell, Albertus Magnus, Columbia University Press, Thomas Aquinas, Old Norse, University of Pennsylvania Press, Clarendon Press, Fathers of the Church, University of Toronto Press, Cornell University Press, Old English, University of California Press, Hildegard of Bingen, John Boswell, Helen Rodnite Lemay, Sexual Variance, Mediaeval Studies New!
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- Law, Sex, and Christian Society in Medieval Europe by James A. Brundage on 23 pages
- Sex In The Middle Ages (Garland Reference Library of the Humanities) by Joyce E. Salisbury on 21 pages
- Sexuality and Medicine in the Middle Ages by Danielle Jacquart on 14 pages
- Sexual Practices and the Medieval Church by Vern L. Bullough on 12 pages
- Christianity, Social Tolerance, and Homosexuality: Gay People in Western Europe from the Beginning of the Christian Era to the Fourteenth Century by John Boswell on 12 pages
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- Courtly Love Undressed: Reading Through Clothes in Medieval French Culture (Middle Ages Series) by E. Jane Burns on 5 pages
- Clothing Culture, 1350-1650 (The History of Retailing and Consumption) by Catherine Richardson on 5 pages
- Same Sex Love and Desire Among Women in the Middle Ages (New Middle Ages) by Francesca Canade Sautman on 5 pages
- Ovid And the Cultural Politics of Translation in Early Modern England (Studies in European Cultural Transition) (Studies in European Cultural Transition) by Liz Oakley-Brown on 4 pages
- The Lost Love Letters of Heloise and Abelard: Perceptions of Dialogue in Twelfth-Century France (New Middle Ages) by Constant Mews in Back Matter (1), Back Matter (2), and Back Matter (3)
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