The Medieval Chastity Belt : A Myth-making Process.

By: Classen, AlbrechtMaterial type: TextTextSeries: The New Middle Ages SerPublisher: New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2007Copyright date: ©2007Description: 1 online resource (230 pages)Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9780230603097Subject(s): SociologyGenre/Form: Electronic books.Additional physical formats: Print version:: The Medieval Chastity Belt : A Myth-making ProcessDDC classification: 391.44 LOC classification: HM401-1281D51-D95HN8Online resources: Click to View
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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 -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Z.
Summary: 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 rather contorted imagination, of an allegedly historical practice has led to profoundly erroneous interpretations of alleged control mechanisms used by jealous husbands in the Middle Ages.
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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 -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Z.

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 rather contorted imagination, of an allegedly historical practice has led to profoundly erroneous interpretations of alleged control mechanisms used by jealous husbands in the Middle Ages.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2018. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

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