Table of Contents

Part 1 I Sexual Norms; Chapter 1 I Confession and the Study of Sex in the Middle Ages, Pierre J. Payer; Chapter 2 2SEX AND CANON LAW, James A.Brundage; Chapter 3 3WESTERN MEDICINE AND NATURAL PHILOSOPHY, JoanCaddert; Chapter 4 GENDERED SEXUALITY, Joyce E.Salisbury; Chapter 5 CHASTE MARRIAGE IN THE MIDDLE AGES, MargaretMcGlynn, Richard J.Moll; Chapter 6 HIDING BEHIND THE UNIVERSAL MAN, Jacqueline Murray; Part II II VARIANCE FROM NORMS; Chapter 7 HOMOSEXUALITY, Warren Johansson, William A. Percy; Chapter 8 TWICE MARGINAL AND TWICE INVISIBLE, Murray Jacqueline; Chapter 9 Cross Dressing and Gender Role Change in the Middle Ages, Vern L.Bullough; Chapter 10 PROSTITUTION IN MEDIEVAL EUROPE, Ruth Mazo. Karras; Chapter 11 Contraception and Early Abortion in the Middle Ages, John M. Riddle; Chapter 12 Castration and Eunuchism in the Middle Ages, Mathew S.Kuefler; Chapter 13 A NOTE ON RESEARCH INTO JEWISH SEXUALITY IN THE MEDIEVAL PERIOD, Norman Roth; Bibliography; Chapter 14 A RESEARCH NOTE ON SEXUALITY AND MUSLIM CIVILIZATION, Norman Roth; Bibliography; Chapter 15 Eastern Orthodox Christianity, Eve Levin; Chapter 16 Sexuality in Medieval French Literature, Laurie A.Firtke; Chapter 17 Old Norse Sexuality: MEn, Women, and Beasts, Jenny Jochens; Chapter 18 Sex Roles and the Role of Sex in Medieval English Literature, DavidLampe; contrib Contributors Index;

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VERNL. BULLOUGH, JAMESA. BRUNDAGE

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..."the layout is pleasing and the organization of bibliographies helpful. This is a useful Handbook, full of fascinating material, in which every reader is bound to find something of interest."
-Parergon
"Bullough and Brundage and their sixteen co-authors give wonderful up-to-date coverage, both chronological and geographical, of a wide variety of subjects and fields: law, medicine, theology, abstention, homosexuality, prostitution, contraception, eunuchism; Jewish, Muslim and Eastern Orthodox as well as Latin Christian traditions; literary treatments in French, Norse and English. It's a handbook that really deserves to be kept at hand."
-H.A. Kelly, Director of the Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies, UCLA
"Bullough and Brundage are the masters of the field of medieval sexuality. In this handbook they have marshaled a rich collection of essays by leading scholars in the second generation. Read it and learn."
-JoAnn McNamara, Hunter College
"[A] highly informative and essential reference work for those interested in medieval society and in human sexuality, past or present."
-"Canadian Folklore
"A solidly instructive, introductory guide to the study of medieval sexuality, its sources and literature...carefully written and rigorously documented."
-"The Medieval Review