{"product_id":"castration-and-culture-in-the-middle-ages-paperback","title":"Castration and Culture in the Middle Ages - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eLarissa Tracy\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eAnthony Adams\u003c\/b\u003e (Contribution by), \u003cb\u003eCharlene Eska\u003c\/b\u003e (Contribution by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEssays exploring medieval castration, as reflected in archaeology, law, historical record, and literary motifs. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eCastration and castrati have always been facets of western culture, from myth and legend to law and theology, from eunuchs guarding harems to the seventeenth- and eighteenth-century castrati singers. Metaphoric castration pervadesa number of medieval literary genres, particularly the Old French fabliaux - exchanges of power predicated upon the exchange or absence of sexual desire signified by genitalia - but the plain, literal act of castration and its implications are often overlooked.\u003cbr\u003e This collection explores this often taboo subject and its implications for cultural mores and custom in Western Europe, seeking to demystify and demythologize castration. Its subjects includearchaeological studies of eunuchs; historical accounts of castration in trials of combat; the mutilation of political rivals in medieval Wales; Anglo-Saxon and Frisian legal and literary examples of castration as punishment; castration as comedy in the Old French fabliaux; the prohibition against genital mutilation in hagiography; and early-modern anxieties about punitive castration enacted on the Elizabethan stage. The introduction reflects on these topics in the context of arguably the most well-known victim of castration in the middle ages, Abelard. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Larissa Tracy is Associate Professor of Medieval Literature at Longwood University. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Contributors: Larissa Tracy, Kathryn Reusch, Shaun Tougher, Jack Collins, Rolf H. Bremmer Jr, Jay Paul Gates, Charlene M. Eska, Mary A. Valante, Anthony Adams, Mary E. Leech, Jed Chandler, Ellen Lorraine Friedrich, Robert L.A. Clark, Karin Sellberg, LenaWånggren\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 365\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.76 x 9.21 x 6.14 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 15, 2019\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47418724483250,"sku":"9781843845249","price":50.35,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0770\/3891\/1666\/files\/fb9949acb290ba115af97b6a49120498.webp?v=1778457883","url":"https:\/\/box.dadyminds.org\/products\/castration-and-culture-in-the-middle-ages-paperback","provider":"DADYMINDS BOX","version":"1.0","type":"link"}