Bridling of Desire / / Pierre Payer.
The later Middle Ages saw the emergence of an integral theory of human sexuality, a systematic account of its origins, role, and significance in the divine plan. Instead of simply dismissing medieval views of sex as misogynist and guilt-ridden, Pierre Payer urges a re-examination of medieval writers...
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| Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Toronto Press eBook-Package Archive 1933-1999 |
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| Place / Publishing House: | Toronto : : University of Toronto Press, , [2016] ©1993 |
| Year of Publication: | 2016 |
| Language: | English |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (285 p.) |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Abbreviations
- 1. Paradise
- 2. The Fall, Original Sin, and Concupiscence
- 3. Marriage and Sex
- 4. Legitimate Reasons for Marital Relations
- 5. Problematic Reasons for Marital Relations
- 6. The Virtue of Temperance
- 7. Continence, Chastity, and Virginity
- Conclusion
- Appendix 1. The Twofold Institution of Marriage
- Appendix 2. William Peraldus on Temperance
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index