Sexuality in the Medieval West

Thisinvaluablereference work addresses sex, gender, and sexuality in medievalEurope and North Africa, providing an important update previous handbooks from the 1990s.With luciddefinitions, theoretical engagement, and wide geographic coverage, it is thenewindispensable guide to the subject. The editors andauthors establish institutional foundations and exploreexpressions of sex and sexuality across medieval cultures, analyzing examples from legal, religious, artistic, literary, medical, and other sources.This handbook beginswith a section devoted to definitions and vocabulary before progressing to cultural topics and concluding with geographically-specific traditions and practices related to sexuality.Essays authored by specialists in relevant fields include both primary and secondary sources,contain examinations of the three major religions, and address broader culturaland historicalramifications of these topics. [Publisher's Text]

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