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The Once and Future Sex: Going Medieval on Women's Roles in Society

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What makes for the ideal woman? How should she look, love and be? In this vibrant, high-spirited history, medievalist Eleanor Janega turns to the Middle Ages, the era that bridged the ancient world and modern society, to unfurl its suppositions about women and reveal what's shifted over time-and what hasn't. Enshrined medieval thinkers, almost always male, subscribed to a blend of classical Greek and Roman philosophy and Christian theology for their concepts of the sexes. For the height of female attractiveness, they chose ...

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The Once and Future Sex: Going Medieval on Women's Roles in Society 2024, W. W. Norton & Company

ISBN-13: 9781324074465

Trade paperback

The Once and Future Sex: Going Medieval on Women's Roles in Society 2023, W. W. Norton & Company

ISBN-13: 9780393867817

Hardcover