Essays exploring medieval castration, as reflected in archaeology, law, historical record, and literary motifs. Castration and castrati have always been facets

A new look at the way in which medieval European literature depicts torture and brutality.

Nothing less than a rethinking of what we mean when we talk about "men" and "women" of the medieval period, this volume demonstrates how the idea of gender -- i

Like specialists in other fields in humanities and social sciences, medievalists have begun to investigate and write about sex and related topics such as courts

The practice and the representation of flaying in the middle ages and after are considered in this provocative collection.