Sexuality in Medieval Europe

Doing Unto Others

Ruth Mazo Karras (University of Minnesota, USA), Katherine E. Pierpont

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Routledge
03 April 2023

Regional studies; European history; Medieval history; Social & cultural history; Gender studies, gender groups

Now in its fourth edition, Sexuality in Medieval Europe provides a lively account of a society whose attitudes toward sexuality both were ancestral to, and differed from, contemporary ones.

The volume is structured not by types of sexual interactions or deviance, but to reflect the difference in gendered experiences when sex is seen as an act one person does to another. Sexual activity, within and outside of marriage, as well as sexual inactivity, had different meanings based on gender, social status, religious affiliation, and more. This book considers these iterations of medieval sexuality in its effort to show there was no single medieval attitude towards sexuality. With an emphasis on Christian Western Europe over the entire course of the Middle Ages, it also includes comparative material on neighboring cultures at the time. Alongside being reworked for further clarity and readability, the fourth edition offers substantial new material on trans scholarship and methodological attempts to recoup a trans past; changes in the treatment of sex work and its terminology; and new material on Byzantine and Muslim culture.

Sexuality in Medieval Europe is an essential resource for all those who study medieval history, medieval culture, and the history of sexuality in Europe.

By: Ruth Mazo Karras (University of Minnesota USA), Katherine E. Pierpont
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Edition: 4th edition
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 156mm,
Weight: 666g
ISBN: 9780367647285
ISBN 10: 0367647281
Pages: 260
Publication Date: 03 April 2023
Audience: College/higher education , Primary
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Ruth Mazo Karras is Lecky Professor of History at Trinity College Dublin. Her many works on medieval Europe include Thou Art the Man: The Masculinity of David in the Christian and Jewish Middle Ages and Unmarriages: Women, Men, and Sexual Unions in the Middle Ages. Katherine E. Pierpont is a PhD candidate at the University of Minnesota working on medieval sex work, who has published both in scholarly and public-facing venues.

Reviews for Sexuality in Medieval Europe: Doing Unto Others

"Praise for previous editions:- ‘The best short introduction to medieval sexuality that I have read: a remarkable book.’ Vern Bullough, Reviews in History 'Undergraduate and graduate students will find in Karras’ book an extremely helpful guide to what can be a confusing and perplexing body of scholarship. Even established scholars are likely to find it enlightening as well as enjoyable.' James Brundage, Journal of Ecclesiastical History ""Sexuality in Medieval Europe is an impressively synthetic and highly readable survey of current scholarship (particularly historical scholarship) on medieval sexuality that will be of considerable use in undergraduate and postgraduate teaching.' Emma Campbell, Signs"