Including many texts available for the first time in modern English translation, Conor McCarthy brings together a wide array of writings as well as informative

The author argues that the structure of sexual relationships took its cue from the family and feudalism - both bastions of masculinity - as he presents his inte

In this volume a variety of perspectives reevaluate the nature of friendship, desire, and the olde daunce of love in the Middle Ages. Challenging earlier schola

"A great virtue of this reader is the length of its selections--not just snippets, but long enough portions for students to get a real sense of how the text wor

A survey of attitudes to marriage as represented in medieval legal and literary texts.