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UNINA9910784250503321 |
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Autore |
Classen Albrecht |
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Titolo |
The medieval chastity belt : a myth-making process / / Albrecht Classen |
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Pubbl/distr/stampa |
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New York, : Palgrave Macmillan, 2007 |
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ISBN |
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1-281-36170-4 |
9786611361709 |
0-230-60309-2 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed. 2007.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (233 pages) |
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Collana |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Chastity belts - History |
Chastity belts - Social aspects |
Chastity in literature |
Women - History - Middle Ages, 500-1500 |
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Lingua di pubblicazione |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Cover; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1 The Chastity Belt: Fiction and Truth According to Scholarship and Popular Opinion. A Case Study of the History of Myth-Making: Introduction; 2 Modern and Medieval Myth-Making; 3 Another Myth: The Jus primae noctis, or the Droit du cuissage (Droit du seigneur); 4 The Nature of Myths Revisited; Notes; Bibliography; Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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The chastity belt is one of those objects people have commonly identified with the 'dark' Middle Ages. This book analyzes the origin of this myth and demonstrates how a convenient misconception, or contorted imagination, of an allegedly historical practice has led to profoundly flawed interpretations of control mechanisms used by jealous husbands. |
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