Sauer, Michelle M. <br/><br/>
Gender in Medieval Culture. 

 - 1st ed. 
 - 1 online resource (219 pages) 
<br/><br/>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. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781441121608 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Women -- England -- History -- To 1500.<br/>Women -- Europe -- History -- Middle Ages, 500-1500.<br/>Sex role -- England -- History -- To 1500.<br/>Sex role -- Europe -- History -- To 1500.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Electronic books.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>HQ1147.E6 -- .S28 2015eb 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>305.40942/01