02613nam 2200649Ia 450 991045122180332120200520144314.01-281-36170-497866113617090-230-60309-210.1057/9780230603097(CKB)1000000000342481(EBL)308261(OCoLC)314776153(SSID)ssj0001659489(PQKBManifestationID)16439165(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001659489(PQKBWorkID)14990176(PQKB)10317765(DE-He213)978-0-230-60309-7(MiAaPQ)EBC308261(Au-PeEL)EBL308261(CaPaEBR)ebr10171502(CaONFJC)MIL136170(EXLCZ)99100000000034248120070103d2007 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrThe medieval chastity belt[electronic resource] a myth-making process /by Albrecht Classen1st ed. 2007.New York Palgrave Macmillan20071 online resource (233 p.)The new Middle AgesDescription based upon print version of record.1-349-53627-X 1-4039-7558-2 Includes bibliographical references and index.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; IndexThe 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.New Middle Ages.Chastity beltsHistoryChastity beltsSocial aspectsElectronic books.Chastity beltsHistory.Chastity beltsSocial aspects.391.4/4Classen Albrecht16691MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910451221803321The medieval chastity belt2296524UNINA