ISBN:
9781441121608
,
9781441142627
Language:
English
Pages:
1 online resource (219 pages)
Edition:
1st ed.
Parallel Title:
Sauer, Michelle M., 1972 - Gender in medieval culture
DDC:
305.4094201
Keywords:
Women -- England -- History -- To 1500
;
Women -- Europe -- History -- Middle Ages, 500-1500
;
Sex role -- England -- History -- To 1500
;
Sex role -- Europe -- History -- To 1500
;
Sex role England
;
History
;
To 1500
;
Sex role Europe
;
History
;
To 1500
;
Women England
;
History
;
To 1500
;
Women Europe
;
History
;
Middle Ages, 500-1500
;
Electronic books
;
Electronic books
;
Electronic books
;
Geschlechterverhältnis
;
Kultur
;
Geschichte 500-1500
Abstract:
Cover -- HalfTitle -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- A note on texts -- INTRODUCTION Gender in medieval culture -- CHAPTER ONE The social world: Law, medicine, and science -- Rape and raptus -- Medicine, science, gender, and sexuality -- Biology and reproduction -- Medicine + philosophy + theology -- Fertility control -- Disease and illness -- Conclusions -- CHAPTER TWO The expected ideal: Marriage and virginity -- Virginity -- Widow(er)hood -- Chaste marriage -- Marriage -- CHAPTER THREE The unexpected actuality: "Deviance" and transgression -- Prostitution -- Masturbation and nocturnal emission -- Castration -- Cross-dressing -- Homosexuality -- Hermaphrodites -- Monsters -- CHAPTER FOUR The gendered Christ: Sexuality and religion -- (Religious) masculinity -- (Religious) femininity -- The fluidity of Christ -- A third gender? Possibilities and conclusions -- CHAPTER FIVE The political sphere: Power, labor, and economics -- Medieval queenship -- Brewsters -- Guilds -- Female medical practitioners -- Notes -- Further reading -- Glossary -- Index.
Description / Table of Contents:
""Cover""; ""HalfTitle""; ""Title""; ""Copyright""; ""Dedication""; ""Contents""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""A note on texts""; ""INTRODUCTION Gender in medieval culture""; ""CHAPTER ONE The social world: Law, medicine, and science""; ""Rape and raptus""; ""Medicine, science, gender, and sexuality""; ""Biology and reproduction""; ""Medicine + philosophy + theology""; ""Fertility control""; ""Disease and illness""; ""Conclusions""; ""CHAPTER TWO The expected ideal: Marriage and virginity""; ""Virginity""; ""Widow(er)hood""; ""Chaste marriage""; ""Marriage""
Description / Table of Contents:
""CHAPTER THREE The unexpected actuality: ?Deviance? and transgression""""Prostitution""; ""Masturbation and nocturnal emission""; ""Castration""; ""Cross-dressing""; ""Homosexuality""; ""Hermaphrodites""; ""Monsters""; ""CHAPTER FOUR The gendered Christ: Sexuality and religion""; ""(Religious) masculinity""; ""(Religious) femininity""; ""The fluidity of Christ""; ""A third gender? Possibilities and conclusions""; ""CHAPTER FIVE The political sphere: Power, labor, and economics""; ""Medieval queenship""; ""Brewsters""; ""Guilds""; ""Female medical practitioners""; ""Notes""
Description / Table of Contents:
""Further reading""""Glossary""; ""Index""
Note:
Description based upon print version of record
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