1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910790557303321

Autore

Richards Jeffrey

Titolo

Sex, dissidence and damnation : minority groups in the Middle Ages / / Jeffrey Richards

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 1991

ISBN

1-136-12708-9

1-138-47585-8

1-315-00303-1

1-136-12700-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xii, 179p., [20]p. of plates.)

Disciplina

306.7/09

Soggetti

Social history - Medieval, 500-1500

Minorities - History

Dissenters - History

Sex customs - History

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Firstitle pageblished 1991.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

1. The medieval context -- 2. Sex in the Middle Ages -- 3. Heretics -- 4. Witches -- 5. Jews -- 6. Prostitutes -- 7. Homosexuals -- 8. Lepers.

Sommario/riassunto

Examines dissent and the persecution of heretics, witches, Jews, lepers and homosexuals in the Middle Ages, and argues that the common motive for their punishment was sexual aberrance.



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910777564103321

Autore

Denton Lynn Teskey <1949-1995.>

Titolo

Female ascetics in Hinduism [[electronic resource] /] / Lynn Teskey Denton ; [edited by Steven Collins]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Albany, : State University of New York Press, c2004

ISBN

0-7914-8462-9

1-4237-3956-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (229 p.)

Collana

SUNY series in Hindu studies

Altri autori (Persone)

CollinsSteven <1951->

Disciplina

294.5/447082

Soggetti

Hindu women - Religious life - India - Vārānasi (Uttar Pradesh)

Asceticism - Hinduism

Ascetics - India - Vārānasi (Uttar Pradesh)

Hindu monastic and religious life - India - Vārānasi (Uttar Pradesh)

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 191-207) and index.