Sexuality in Medieval Europe
Routledge (Verlag)
978-0-415-69389-9 (ISBN)
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'Undergraduate and graduate students will find in Karras’ book an extremely helpful guide to what can be a confusing and perplexing body of scholarship. Even established scholars are likely to find it enlightening as well as enjoyable.' - James Brundage, Journal of Ecclesiastical History
`An impressively synthetic and highly readable survey of current scholarship on medieval sexuality that will be of considerable use in undergraduate and postgraduate teaching.’ - Emma Campbell, Signs
Sexuality in medieval Europe has become a vital scholarly field that is now recognized as central to the study of the Middle Ages. Using a wide collection of evidence from the late Antique period up until the fifteenth century, this new edition of the standard overview on the topic demonstrates that medieval culture developed sexual identities that were quite different from the identities we think of today, yet that were still in some ways ancestral to our own.
Challenging the way the Middle Ages have been treated in general histories of sexuality, Ruth Mazo Karras shows how views at the time were conflicted and complicated; there was no single medieval attitude towards sexuality any more than there is one modern attitude. The well-known lusty priest and the `repressed’ penitent have their roles to play, but set here in a wider context these figures take on fascinating new dimensions. Focusing on acceptable marital sexual activity as well as what was seen as transgressive, the chapters cover such topics as chastity, the role of the church, and non-reproductive activity.
Combining an overview of research on the topic with original interpretations, now updated with the latest scholarship and additional material from medieval Christian Europe, Jewish medieval culture and the Islamic world, Sexuality in Medieval Europe is essential reading for all those who study medieval history and culture, or who have an interest in the way sexuality and sexual identity have been viewed in the past.
Ruth Mazo Karras is Professor of History at the University of Minnesota. She has published widely on the history of women, gender, and sexuality in the Middle Ages. Her books include Unmarriages: Women, Men, and Sexual Unions in the Middle Ages (2012), From Boys to Men: Formations of Masculinity in Late Medieval Europe (2002), Common Women: Prostitution and Sexuality in Medieval England (1998) and Slavery and Society in Medieval Scandinavia (1988). She is a co-editor of the journal Gender and History.
List of Illustrations. Acknowledgements. 1. Sex and the Middle Ages 2. The Sexuality of Chastity 3. Sex and Marriage 4. Women Outside of Marriage 5. Men Outside of Marriage. Afterword: Medieval and Modern Sexuality. Further Reading. Index.
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 7.3.2012 |
|---|---|
| Zusatzinfo | 17 Illustrations, black and white |
| Verlagsort | London |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 156 x 234 mm |
| Gewicht | 454 g |
| Themenwelt | Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Mittelalter |
| Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte | |
| Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Kulturgeschichte | |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie | |
| ISBN-10 | 0-415-69389-6 / 0415693896 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-415-69389-9 / 9780415693899 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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