The Fires of Lust: Sex in the Middle Ages - Paperback
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Language:EnglishPublisher:Reaktion BooksISBN-13:9781789146561ISBN-10:1789146569UPC:9781789146561Book Category:History, Social ScienceBook Subcategory:Europe, Human SexualityBook Topic:Great Britain, MedievalSize:9.20 x 6.23 x 0.86 inchesWeight:1.0009Product ID:SC7Q84WZQH
The Fires of Lust: Sex in the Middle Ages
An illuminating exploration of the surprisingly familiar sex lives of ordinary medieval people. The medieval humoral system of medicine suggested that it was possible to die from having too much--or too little--sex, while the Roman Catholic Church taught that virginity was the ideal state. Holy men and women committed themselves to lifelong abstinence in the name of religion. Everyone was forced...
Language:EnglishPublisher:Reaktion BooksISBN-13:9781789146561ISBN-10:1789146569UPC:9781789146561Book Category:History, Social ScienceBook Subcategory:Europe, Human SexualityBook Topic:Great Britain, MedievalSize:9.20 x 6.23 x 0.86 inchesWeight:1.0009Product ID:SC7Q84WZQH
Katherine Harvey is an honorary research fellow at Birkbeck, University of London. She holds a PhD in medieval history from King's College London and has published widely on the Middle Ages.
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