Feminae: Medieval Women and Gender Index


  • Record Number: 9716
  • Author(s)/Creator(s): Schulenburg , Jane Tibbetts.
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  • Title: Saints and Sex, ca. 500-1100: Striding Down the Nettled Path of Life [The author argues that the numerous surviving vitae of medieval saints offer us a wide variety of information on ecclesiastical attitudes towards sex. Title note supplied by Feminae.].
  • Source: Sex in the Middle Ages: A Book of Essays.  Edited by Joyce E. Salisbury.  Garland Publishing, 1991.  Pages 203 - 231.
  • Description:
  • Article Type: Essay
  • Subject (See Also): Chastity Daily Life Hagiography Sexuality
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  • Geographic Area: General
  • Century: 6- 7- 8- 9- 10- 11
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  • Author's Affiliation: University of Wisconsin-Madison
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  • Year of Publication: 1991.
  • Language: English
  • ISSN/ISBN: Not Available