Product Description: Few societies exist without imposing limits on the sexual activity of their members, and medieval Europe was no exception. These studies examine the legal norms that were set with regard to sexual conduct for the laity and the clergy at that time and the legal sources relating to them...read more

Product Description: How have society's values and attitudes toward sexuality and morality changed over the centuries? Why and how has the state sought to criminalize certain forms of sexual behavior and to control reproduction? How have churches tried to influence the state in its regulation of sexuality? This anthology encompasses a broad range of essays on sexuality spanning European history from the fifteenth century to the present...read more