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.

Goldin’s study explores the relationships between men and women within Jewish society living in Germany, northern France and England among the Christian popul

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