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Autore: | Classen Albrecht |
Titolo: | The medieval chastity belt : a myth-making process / / by Albrecht Classen |
Pubblicazione: | New York, : Palgrave Macmillan, 2007 |
Edizione: | 1st ed. 2007. |
Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (233 pages) |
Disciplina: | 391.4/4 |
Soggetto topico: | Chastity belts - History |
Chastity belts - Social aspects | |
Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Nota di contenuto: | 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 |
Sommario/riassunto: | 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. |
Titolo autorizzato: | The medieval chastity belt |
ISBN: | 1-281-36170-4 |
9786611361709 | |
0-230-60309-2 | |
Formato: | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
Record Nr.: | 9910827077503321 |
Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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