| Description |
1 online resource (xviii, 205 pages) : illustrations |
| Series |
Medieval cultures ; v. 11 |
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Medieval cultures ; v. 11.
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| Contents |
Pollution, illusion, and masculine disarray : noturnal emmissions and the sexuality of the clergy / Dyan Elliot -- Homosexuality, luxuria, and tectual abuse / Mark D. Jordan -- Sciences/silences : the natures and languages of sodomy in Peter of Abano's Problemata commentary / Joan Cadden -- Manuscript illumination and the art of copulation / Michael Camille -- Bodies that don't matter : heterosexuality before heterosexuality in Gottfired's Tristan / James A. Schultz -- Refashioning courtly love : Lancelot as ladies' man or lady/man? / E. Jane Burns -- Love of thy neighbor / Louis O. Fradenburg -- Conversion and medieval sexual, religious, and racial categories / Steven F. Kruger -- Mystical acts, queer tendencies / Karma Lochrie |
| Summary |
This collection is the first to be devoted entirely to medieval sexuality informed by current theories of sexuality and gender. It brings together essays from various disciplinary perspectives to consider how the Middle Ages defined, regulated, and represented sexual practices and desires |
| Notes |
Inspired by, and including some papers from, a conference held at the Newberry Library in Chicago, March 4-5, 1994 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Civilization, Medieval.
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Sex -- Europe -- History
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Social history -- Medieval, 500-1500.
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PSYCHOLOGY -- Human Sexuality.
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SELF-HELP -- Sexual Instruction.
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HISTORY -- Medieval.
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Civilization, Medieval.
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Manners and customs.
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Sex.
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Social history -- Medieval.
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| SUBJECT |
Europe -- Social life and customs. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85045760
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| Subject |
Europe.
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| Genre/Form |
Conference papers and proceedings.
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History
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Conference papers and proceedings.
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Actes de congrès.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Lochrie, Karma, editor.
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McCracken, Peggy, editor.
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Schultz, James A. (James Alfred), 1947- editor.
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| ISBN |
9780816628285 |
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0816628289 |
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9780816687534 |
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0816687536 |
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