Medieval obscenities
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Author
Contributions
- McDonald, Nicola. - Contributor
- University of York. Centre for Medieval Studies. - Contributor
Publication
2006 - York Medieval, Woodbridge, England
Language
English
Word Count
52,500 words, Guess
Page Count
210 pages
Identifiers
- Open LibraryOL15989359M
- ISBN-139781903153185
- ISBN-101903153182
- OCLC Control Number63137337
- OCLC Control Number858601698
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- LibraryThing3171546
- Goodreads789771
Classifications
- LCCCB353 .M423 2006
Description
"Medieval Obscenities examines the complex and contentious role of the obscene - what is offensive, indecent or morally repugnant - in medieval culture from late antiquity through to the end of the middle ages in western Europe. Its approach is multidisciplinary, its methodologies divergent and it seeks to formulate questions and stimulate debate." "The essays examine topics as diverse as Norse defecation taboos, the Anglo-Saxon sexual idiom, sheela-na-gigs, impotence in the church courts, bare ecclesiastical bottoms, rude sounds and dirty words, as well as the modern reception and representation of the medieval obscene. The volume demonstrates not only the vitality of medieval obscenity, but its centrality to our understanding of medieval life."--Jacket.
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