The Children He Never Had The Husband She Never Served:Castration and Genital Mutilation in Medieval Frisian Law - Rolf H. 'Al defouleden is holie bodi': Castration, the Sexualization ofTorture, and Anxieties of Identity in the South English Legendary - Larissa Tracy The Aesthetics of Castration: The Beauty of Roman Eunuchs - Shaun TougherĪppropriation and Development of Castration as Symbol and Practice in Early Christianity - Jack Collins Raised Voices: The Archaeology of Castration - Kathryn Reusch Introduction: A History of Calamities: The Culture of Castration - Larissa Tracy
Leech, Jed Chandler, Ellen Lorraine Friedrich, Robert L.A. Larissa Tracy is Associate Professor of Medieval Literature at Longwood University.Ĭontributors: Larissa Tracy, Kathryn Reusch, Shaun Tougher, Jack Collins, Rolf H. The introduction reflects on these topics in the context of arguably the most well-known victim of castration in the middle ages, Abelard. Its subjects includearchaeological studies of eunuchs historical accounts of castration in trials of combat the mutilation of political rivals in medieval Wales Anglo-Saxon and Frisian legal and literary examples of castration as punishment castration as comedy in the Old French fabliaux the prohibition against genital mutilation in hagiography and early-modern anxieties about punitive castration enacted on the Elizabethan stage. This collection explores this often taboo subject and its implications for cultural mores and custom in Western Europe, seeking to demystify and demythologize castration. Metaphoric castration pervadesa number of medieval literary genres, particularly the Old French fabliaux - exchanges of power predicated upon the exchange or absence of sexual desire signified by genitalia - but the plain, literal act of castration and its implications are often overlooked. HFS clients enjoy state-of-the-art warehousing, real-time access to critical business data, accounts receivable management and collection, and unparalleled customer service.Castration and castrati have always been facets of western culture, from myth and legend to law and theology, from eunuchs guarding harems to the seventeenth- and eighteenth-century castrati singers. HFS provides print and digital distribution for a distinguished list of university presses and nonprofit institutions. MUSE delivers outstanding results to the scholarly community by maximizing revenues for publishers, providing value to libraries, and enabling access for scholars worldwide.
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