Sex And Sexuality In Europe 1100-1750 The Devil’S Roast | History

Transcending the traditional categories of ‘medieval’ and ‘early modern’ to analyse pan-European attitudes and behaviours Sex and Sexuality in Europe 1100–1750 provides students with a grounding in the history of sexuality by supplying both a detailed analysis of the existing historiographical debates but also analysis of the primary sources such as autobiographies and contemporary literature. Offering an accessible overview that places sex and sexuality within the historical context of the time period it creates a deeper understanding of connections and differences across Europe. An interdisciplinary work it draws on cultural social religious philosophical literary economic and scientific ideas while incorporating theory from within the field to broaden perspective of the history of sexuality. Challenging the separation of the medieval and early modern ‘periods’ this volume highlights a great deal of continuity between 1100 and 1750 across Europe with change occurring more notably towards the eighteenth century. Key interventions on the role of the passions the imagination the ‘two worlds’ motif and subordination are made across the work. Moreover it questions the belief that the ‘Middle Ages’ was one of sexual repression and highlights a second ‘world’ in which sex was a natural even celebrated part of life and engages with the belief that the eighteenth century saw a ‘sexual revolution’. This book is essential reading for students scholars and the general public interested in the history of sexuality. |Sex and Sexuality in Europe 1100-1750 The Devil’s Roast | History