Sex in the Middle Ages

by Joyce E. Salisbury

Originally published in 1991. Covering courtship, disclosure, diversity, and public implications, the essays here discuss topics such as erotic magic, nakedness, physicians' attitudes about sex, boy-love, saints and sex, and the politics of sodomy, as they were manifested in medieval Europe and the Middle East.

Genres: History, Nonfiction

258 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1991

About the author

Professor Emerita of Humanistic Studies (History)University of Wisconsin-Green Bay.

Reviews

[David · Rating 3 out of 5]

A rather dry academic collection of essays on the cultural sexual norms and practices of medieval European civilizations. Several of the accounts served to intrigue or amuse me at the expense of slogging through myriad citations and footnotes.