Sexuality in the Medieval West

Michelle M. Sauer is Chester Fritz Distinguished Professor of English and Gender Studies at the University of North Dakota. A specialist in medieval religion and gender, she also authored Gender in Medieval Culture.Jenny C. Bledsoe is an Associate Professor of English and Director of the Center for Women's Studies at Northeastern State University in Oklahoma. Her research focuses on medieval and early modern literature, religion, manuscripts, and gender.

• List of IllustrationsAbbreviationsAcknowledgements"Preface" by Diane Watt"An Introduction to Sexuality Studies in Medieval Europe and North Africa" by Michelle M. Sauer and Jenny C. BledsoePart One. ConceptsChapter 1. "Defining Medieval Heterosexuality: Institutional, Literary, and Artistic Sources" by Jenny C. BledsoeChapter 2. "The Multiple Medieval Discourses of Female Homosexuality" by Lisa M. C. WestonChapter 3. "Lesbian Visibility in the European Middle Ages" by Michelle M. SauerChapter 4. "(Re)Visioning Male Homosexuality in the Middle Ages" by Mark L. Patterson and Robert L. A. Clark†Chapter 5. "Medieval Male Homosexuality: Restrictions and Prohibitions" by Will RogersChapter 6. "Negotiating the Medieval World as Women" by Heather BlattChapter 7. "Femininity as Revealed through Verbal Strategies in Medieval Texts by Women" by Fumiko YoshikawaChapter 8. "Three Masculinities of Medieval Western Europe" by Paul GaffneyChapter 9. "The Genesis of Masculinity" by Ellen R. KetelsChapter 10. "Female Virginal Bodies: Medieval Religious and Secular Approaches" by Sarah NoonanChapter 11. "Male Virginity in the Middle Ages" by Katherine Harvey with Robin GilbankChapter 12. "Trans Sexualities in the Middle Ages" by M. W. BychowskiChapter 13. "Medieval Intersex: Discourses and Discontents" by Micah GoodrichChapter 14. "Medieval Eunuchs: The Third Gender" by Rhonda L. McDanielChapter 15. "The Medieval Western Culture of Castration" by Larissa TracyChapter 16. "Incest and Religion in the Creation of Medieval Kinship" by Erin I. MannPart Two. Social-Cultural IntersectionsChapter 17. "Medieval Jewish Sexuality: Texts and Contexts" by Marla SegolChapter 18. "Institutional Foundations for the Study of Sex in Medieval Western Christianity" by Jenny C. Bledsoe and Michelle M. SauerChapter 19. "Medieval Islam: Sexuality in and Beyond the Sacred Sources" by Michael Muhammad KnightChapter 20. "Race, Intersectionality, and Sexuality in the Medieval 'West'" by Michelle M. Sauer and Dorothy KimChapter 21. "Sexuality and Socioeconomic Status in the Middle Ages" by Lynn ArnerChapter 22. "Age and Sexuality in Medieval Western Europe" by Jennifer N. BrownChapter 23. "Sex and Disability in the Middle Ages" by Natalie GrinnellChapter 24. "Sexuality and Disease in the Middle Ages" by Heide EstesChapter 25. "Sex Work in the Western Middle Ages" by Brian GastleChapter 26. "Music and Sexuality in Medieval Western Europe" by Rachel May GoldenChapter 27. "An Art History of Sexualities in Medieval Europe and North Africa" by Bryan C. KeenePart Three. Geographical IntersectionsChapter 28. "Sex and Sexuality in Medieval England" by Carla María ThomasChapter 29. "Sex and Sexuality in Medieval Scandinavia" by Larry SwainChapter 30. "Sex and Sexuality in the Insular Celtic World" by Gregory R. DarwinChapter 31. "Sex and Sexuality in France and the Low Countries" by Leona ArcherChapter 32. "Sex and Sexuality in Medieval Germany" by Joshua S. EasterlingChapter 33. "Sexual Practices in Medieval Iberia" by Martha M. DaasChapter 34. "Sex and Sexuality in Al-Andalus and North Africa" by Adriano DuqueChapter 35. "Sexualities in Medieval Italy" by Nicole Lopez-Jantzen and Janine Larmon PetersonChapter 36. "Sexualities in Medieval Eastern Europe and the Holy Roman Empire" by Anna Kłosowska and Michelle M. SauerIndex