Book of Donmon Teith

A “wickedly entertaining, informative and thought-provoking” look at romance, courtship, and other intimacies behind closed Medieval doors (Dr. Markus Kerr,

An illuminating exploration of the surprisingly familiar sex lives of ordinary medieval people. The medieval humoral system of medicine suggested that it was po

The first comprehensive exploration of women's multifaceted experiences of forced and consensual ravishment in medieval England.

This book examines the status of women in different eras and in different areas of society. The contributors draw on their international experience to consider

From women's medicine and the writings of Christine de Pizan to the lives of market and tradeswomen and the idealization of virginity, gender and social status