The medieval chastity belt : a myth-making process / / Albrecht Classen
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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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| 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 | |
| Chastity in literature | |
| Women - History - Middle Ages, 500-1500 | |
| 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.: | 9910784250503321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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Serie:
New Middle Ages.