03410nam 22009255 450 991097071570332120240307121104.09786611361709978128136170712813617049780230603097023060309210.1057/9780230603097(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(Perlego)3507427(EXLCZ)99100000000034248120151203d2007 u| 0engur|n|---|||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierThe Medieval Chastity Belt A Myth-Making Process /by A. Classen1st ed. 2007.New York :Palgrave Macmillan US :Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan,2007.1 online resource (233 pages)The New Middle Ages,2945-59449781349536276 134953627X 9781403975584 1403975582 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.The New Middle Ages,2945-5944SexEuropeHistoryTo 476Social historyCivilizationHistoryLiterature, MedievalEuropeHistory476-1492Gender StudiesHistory of Ancient EuropeSocial HistoryCultural HistoryMedieval LiteratureHistory of Medieval EuropeSex.EuropeHistoryTo 476.Social history.CivilizationHistory.Literature, Medieval.EuropeHistory476-1492.Gender Studies.History of Ancient Europe.Social History.Cultural History.Medieval Literature.History of Medieval Europe.391.4/4Classen Albrecht16691MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910970715703321The Medieval Chastity Belt4327275UNINA