Feminae: Medieval Women and Gender Index


  • Record Number: 13030
  • Author(s)/Creator(s): Murray , Jacqueline.
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  • Title: Men's Bodies, Men's Minds: Seminal Emissions and Sexual Anxiety in the Middle Ages [The author surveys theological and pastoral writings on men's emissions from Augustine through Jean Gerson. In the thirteenth century these practices came to be judged more harshly and were associated with masturbation as sins of lust. At the same time e
  • Source: Annual Review of Sex Research 8, ( 1997): Pages 1 - 26.
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  • Article Type: Journal Article
  • Subject (See Also): Body Canon Law Confessors' Handbooks Male Sexuality Masturbation Medicine Nocturnal Emissions Penitential Books Ritual Purity Sins Theology
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  • Geographic Area: General
  • Century: General
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  • Year of Publication: 1997.
  • Language: English
  • ISSN/ISBN: 10532528