Framing premodern desires : sexual ideas, attitudes, and practices in Europe / edited by Satu Lidman, Meri Heinonen, Tom Linkinen, and Marjo Kaartinen.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Lidman, Satu, 1973- editor.

Heinonen, Meri, editor.

Linkinen, Tom, editor.

Kaartinen, Marjo, 1964- editor.

Series:

Crossing boundaries: Turku medieval and early modern studies

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sex--Europe--History--To 1500.

Sex.

History.

Europe.

Physical Description:

256 pages ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam : Amsterdam University Press , [2017]

Summary:

The way that we have perceived, described, and understood sexual desire has changed dramatically over time and across cultures. This collection brings together a group of leading scholars from a variety of disciplines to explore the history of sexual desires and the transformation of sexual ideas, attitudes, and practices in premodern Europe. Among topics considered are the visibility of sexual offenses and the construction of passions; the geographical range extends to Great Britain, with extended attention also to France and Germany. The result is a groundbreaking volume that adds significantly to our understanding of premodern European history, history of sexualities, gender studies, religious history, and many other fields.

Contents:

Framing premodern desires between sexuality, sin, and crime: An introduction / Garthine Walker Walker, Garthine 9

Part I Transforming ideas and practices

The naturalness of sex in medieval Roman law / Thomas Parry-Jones Parry-Jones, Thomas 29

Desire after Foucault: A re-evaluation of sex and sin in English medieval pastoral manuals / Kathleen Smith Smith, Kathleen 45

Incest between in-laws: A matter of life and death in Sweden in 1700 / Bonnie Clementsson Clementsson, Bonnie 65

Dialectics of virginity: Controlling the morals of youth in the early modern Polish countryside / Tomasz Wislicz Wislicz, Tomasz 83

The first sexual revolution / Faramerz Dabhoiwala Dabhoiwala, Faramerz 103

Part II Constructing passions

Love and desire in French moralist discourse / Carin Franzén Franzén, Carin 131

Between books and brothels: The sexual scholarship of Hadriaan Beverland (1659-1716) / Karen Hollewand Hollewand, Karen 151

The dream and the sin: Erotic dream in the France of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries / Juliette Lancet Lancet, Juliette 173

The lame man makes the best lecher: Sex, sin, and the disabled Renaissance body / Kaye McLelland McLelland, Kaye 189

Between passion and lust: Framing male desire in early modern Sweden / Jonas Liliequist Liliequist, Jonas 211.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9789089649843

9089649840

OCLC:

968905087

Publisher Number:

99972868099