The Invention of Heterosexual Culture.

Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- Part I Chivalric Opposition to Heterosexual Culture -- 1 The Middle Ages: From a Homosocial to a Heterosexual Culture -- 2 The Renaissance: The Continuing Conflict between Homosocial Tradition and Heterosexual Culture -- 3 The Seventeenth Century: The Triumph of Heterosexual Cultureover Chivalric Opposition -- Part II Ecclesiastical Opposition to Heterosexual Culture -- 4 The Medieval Church versus the Heterosexual Couple -- 5 The Renaissance: The Enduring Conflict between the Church and Heterosexual Culture -- 6 The Seventeenth Century: The Triumph of Heterosexual Culture over Ecclesiastical Opposition -- 7 The Twentieth Century: The Last Traces of Clerical Opposition -- Part III Medical Opposition to Heterosexual Culture -- 8 Heterosexual Love and Medieval and Renaissance Medicine -- 9 The Seventeenth Century: From Lovesickness to Curative Love -- 10 The Twentieth Century: The Last Traces of Medical Opposition -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Select Bibliography -- About the Author -- Index.

The rise of heterosexual culture and the resistance it met from feudal lords, church fathers, and the medical profession.

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