1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910457649903321

Titolo

Constructing medieval sexuality [[electronic resource] /] / Karma Lochrie, Peggy McCracken, and James A. Schultz, editors

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Minneapolis, MN, : University of Minnesota Press, c1997

ISBN

0-8166-8753-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (225 p.)

Collana

Medieval cultures ; ; v. 11

Altri autori (Persone)

LochrieKarma

McCrackenPeggy

SchultzJames A <1947-> (James Alfred)

Disciplina

306.7/094

Soggetti

Civilization, Medieval

Sex - Europe - History

Social history - Medieval, 500-1500

Electronic books.

Europe Social life and customs

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Inspired by, and including some papers from, a conference held at the Newberry Library in Chicago, March 4-5, 1994.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. Pollution, Illusion, and Masculine Disarray: Nocturnal Emissions and the Sexuality of the Clergy; 2. Homosexuality, Luxuria, and Textual Abuse; 3. Sciences/Silences: The Natures and Languages of ""Sodomy"" in Peter of Abano's Problemata Commentary; 4. Manuscript Illumination and the Art of Copulation; 5. Bodies That Don't Matter: Heterosexuality before Heterosexuality in Gottfried's Tristan; 6. Refashioning Courtly Love: Lancelot as Ladies' Man or Lady/Man?; 7. The Love of Thy Neighbor

8. Conversion and Medieval Sexual, Religious, and Racial Categories9. Mystical Acts, Queer Tendencies; Contributors; Index

Sommario/riassunto

This collection is the first to be devoted entirely to medieval sexuality informed by current theories of sexuality and gender. It brings together essays from various disciplinary perspectives to consider how the Middle Ages defined, regulated, and represented sexual practices and desires.



2.

Record Nr.

UNISA996385335103316

Autore

Monson William, Sir, <1569-1643.>

Titolo

A true and exact account of the wars with Spain, in the reign of Q. Elizabeth (of famous memory) [[electronic resource] ] : being the particulars of what happened between the English and Spanish fleets, from the years 1585 to 1602, shewing the expeditions, attempts, fights, designs, escapes, successes, errors, &c. on both sides : with the names of Her Majesty's ships and commanders in every fleet : being a patern and warning to future ages : never printed before / / written by Sir William Monson .

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, : Printed for W. Crooke, and sold by W. Davis ..., 1682

Descrizione fisica

[2], 55 p

Soggetti

Great Britain History, Naval

Great Britain History Elizabeth, 1558-1603

Spain History, Naval

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Reproduction of original in Huntington Library.

Sommario/riassunto

eebo-0113