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Gender in Medieval Culture.

Sauer, Michelle M.

Gender in Medieval Culture. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (219 pages)

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.

9781441121608


Women -- England -- History -- To 1500.
Women -- Europe -- History -- Middle Ages, 500-1500.
Sex role -- England -- History -- To 1500.
Sex role -- Europe -- History -- To 1500.


Electronic books.

HQ1147.E6 -- .S28 2015eb

305.40942/01

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