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

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

Eleanor Janega

272 pages first pub 2023 (editions)

nonfiction gender history

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A vibrant and illuminating exploration of medieval thinking on women’s beauty, sexuality, and behavior.What makes for the ideal woman? How should she look, love, and be? In this vibrant, high-spirited history, medievalist Eleanor Janega turns to t...

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