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The Medieval Chastity Belt : A Myth-Making Process / by A. Classen.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Classen, Albrecht.
- Series:
- The New Middle Ages, 2945-5944
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Sex.
- Europe--History--To 476.
- Europe.
- Social history.
- Civilization--History.
- Civilization.
- Literature, Medieval.
- Europe--History--476-1492.
- Gender Studies.
- History of Ancient Europe.
- Social History.
- Cultural History.
- Medieval Literature.
- History of Medieval Europe.
- Local Subjects:
- Gender Studies.
- History of Ancient Europe.
- Social History.
- Cultural History.
- Medieval Literature.
- History of Medieval Europe.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (233 pages)
- Edition:
- 1st ed. 2007.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Palgrave Macmillan US : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2007.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- The chastity belt is one of those objects people have commonly identified with the 'dark' Middle Ages. This book analyzes the origin of this myth and demonstrates how a convenient misconception, or contorted imagination, of an allegedly historical practice has led to profoundly flawed interpretations of control mechanisms used by jealous husbands.
- Contents:
- Cover; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1 The Chastity Belt: Fiction and Truth According to Scholarship and Popular Opinion. A Case Study of the History of Myth-Making: Introduction; 2 Modern and Medieval Myth-Making; 3 Another Myth: The Jus primae noctis, or the Droit du cuissage (Droit du seigneur); 4 The Nature of Myths Revisited; Notes; Bibliography; Index
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9786611361709
- 9781281361707
- 1281361704
- 9780230603097
- 0230603092
- OCLC:
- 314776153
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