02706nam 2200673Ia 450 991078425050332120230911163741.01-281-36170-497866113617090-230-60309-210.1057/9780230603097(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|---|||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierThe medieval chastity belt a myth-making process /Albrecht Classen1st ed. 2007.New York Palgrave Macmillan20071 online resource (233 pages)The new Middle Ages1-349-53627-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 aspectsChastity in literatureWomenHistoryMiddle Ages, 500-1500HistoriographyChastity beltsHistory.Chastity beltsSocial aspects.Chastity in literature.WomenHistory391.4/4Classen Albrecht16691MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910784250503321The medieval chastity belt3790273UNINA