Sex and the Penitentials : The Development of a Sexual Code, 550-1150 /

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Sex and the Penitentials is a systematic inquiry into one of the richest sources of sexual teaching in the early church. It represents a major step towards an understanding of the nature of that teaching and its role in the transformation of the classical ethic into a Christian one.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Payer, Pierre J., 1936-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Buffalo : University of Toronto Press, 1984.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Social history > Medieval.
Penitentials.
RELIGION > Christian Theology > Ethics.
penitentials.
Penitentiels.
Histoire sociale > 500-1500 (Moyen Âge)
Sexualite > Aspect religieux > Christianisme > Histoire des doctrines > 600-1500 (Moyen Âge)
Social history > Medieval, 500-1500.
Sex > Religious aspects > Christianity > History of doctrines > Middle Ages, 600-1500.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Cover; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; Introduction; The Penitentials; Choice of Early Penitentials; Methodological Observations; The Penitentials: Additional Remarks; 1 The Penitentials to 813; The Heterosexual Life of the Married; The Heterosexual Life of the Unmarried; Homosexuality and Lesbianism; Bestiality; Masturbation; Safeguards of Chastity; Seminal Emission; 2 The Ninth Century; The Reception of the Penitentials; Ninth-Century Penitentials in the Traditional Style; Penitentials in a New Key; 3 Penitential Texts in Canonical Collections after 906; The Collections
  • Penitential Texts in Some Canonical Collections4 General Conclusion; Appendixes; A: General Areas of Sexual Behaviour Covered in the Penitentials; B: Periods of Sexual Abstinence; C: Penances as Measures of Gravity; D: Homosexuality and the Penitentials; E: Notes on the Language of the Penitentials; Notes; Bibliography; Tables of Reference; General Index

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