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Infanticide And Abortion In Early Modern Germany

by Margaret Brannan Lewis

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 Using a wide range of contemporary sources, Lewis presents a nuanced study into the changing nature of infanticide in Germany over three centuries. Infanticide and abortion were complex crimes with a variety of causes, perpetrators and punishments. These crimes and the reaction to them are placed in the wider context of the of the period.
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The Early Modern Child In Art And History

by Matthew Knox Averett

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 Childhood is not only a biological age, it is also a social construct. The essays in this collection range chronologically from the fifteenth to the eighteenth century, and geographically across England, France, Germany, Italy and Spain. They chart the depictions of children in various media including painting, sculpture and the graphic arts.
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The Prostitute'S Body - Rewriting Prostitution In Victorian Britain

by Nina Attwood

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 Attwood examines Victorian attitudes to prostitution across a number of sources: medical, literary, pornographic.
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The Study Of Anatomy In Britain, 1700â€“1900

by Fiona Hutton

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 Hutton looks at Manchester and Oxford to provide a comparative history of anatomical study. Using the Anatomy Act as a focal point, she examines how these two cities dealt with the need for bodies over two centuries.
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The English Execution Narrative, 1200â€“1700

by Katherine Royer

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 Royer examines the changing ritual of execution across five centuries and discovers a shift both in practice and in the message that was sent to the population at large. She argues that what began as a show of retribution and revenge became a ceremonial portrayal of redemption as the political, religious and cultural landscape of England evolved.
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Anatomy And The Organization Of Knowledge, 1500â€“1850

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 Across early modern Europe, the growing scientific practice of dissection prompted new and insightful ideas about the human body. This collection of essays explores the impact of anatomical knowledge on wider issues of learning and culture.
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Sex, Identity And Hermaphrodites In Iberia, 1500â€“1800

by Francisco Vazquez Garcia

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 Early modern European thought held that men and women were essentially the same. During the seventeenth century, medical and legal arguments began to turn against this â€˜one-sexâ€™ model, with hermaphroditism seen as a medieval superstition. This book traces this change in Iberia in comparison to the earlier shift in thought in northern Europe.
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The Life Of Madame Necker - Sin, Redemption And The Parisian Salon

by Sonja Boon

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 Madame Necker occupies a unique position in French social and cultural history. This study breaks new ground by examining the profoundly corporeal nature of Madame Neckerâ€™s life â€" her debilitating, decades-long psychic and somatic suffering and subsequent curious death.
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Paracelsus'S Theory Of Embodiment - Conception And Gestation In Early Modern Europe

by Amy Eisen Cislo

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 Paracelsus has been called the father of modern chemistry and is legendary for his treatment of syphilis. This work argues that Paracelsus developed an understanding of the body as composed of two distinct sexes, revolutionizing early modern conceptions of the female body as an inversion of or flawed approximation of the male body.
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Age And Identity In Eighteenth-Century England

by Helen Yallop

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 Yallop looks at how people in eighteenth-century England understood and dealt with growing older. Though no word for â€˜agingâ€™ existed at this time, a personâ€™s age was a significant aspect of their identity.
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Women, Agency And The Law, 1300â€“1700

by Bronach Kane

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 Based on close readings of both public and private documents â€" court records, churchwarden accounts, depositions, diaries, letters and pamphlets â€" this collection of essays presents the largely untold story of non-elite women and their dealings with the law.
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Courtly Indian Women In Late Imperial India

by Angma Dey Jhala

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 Examines the political worldview of courtly and royal women in India during the late colonial and post-Independence period. This book offers a history of the zenana, which served as the 'women's courts' or 'female quarters of the palace', where women lived behind pardah in seclusion.
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The Politics Of Reproduction In Ottoman Society, 1838-1900

by Gulhan Balsoy

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 Epidemics, migration and territorial losses led to population decline in early nineteenth-century Turkey. In response, Ottoman elites began a programme of population growth. Balsoy uses previously untapped archival sources to examine these developments, arguing that these changes caused reproduction to become a political experience.
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Blake, Gender And Culture

by Helen P Bruder

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 Blake's combination of verse and design invites interdisciplinary study. The essays in this collection approach his work from a variety of perspectives including masculinity, performance, plant biology, empire, politics and sexuality.
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Interpreting Sexual Violence, 1660â€“1800

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 The essays in this collection explore representations of and responses to sexual violence over the course of the long eighteenth century. Contributors examine the underlying ideologies that spawned these representations, confronting the social, political, legal and aesthetic conditions of the day.
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Prostitution And Eighteenth-Century Culture - Sex, Commerce And Morality

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 The eighteenth century saw profound changes in the way prostitution was represented in literary and visual culture. This collection of essays focuses on the variety of ways that the sex trade was represented in popular culture of the time, across different art forms and highlighting contradictory interpretations.
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Stays And Body Image In London - The Staymaking Trade, 1680â€“1810

by Lynn Sorge-English

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 This book fills a significant gap in the literature on eighteenth-century social and cultural history. Starting with their production and trade, Sorge-English looks at the intricacies of the staymakerâ€™s craft, the role of gender in the design and manufacture of stays and the changing shape of stays over time.
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The Aboriginal Male In The Enlightenment World

by Shino Konishi

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 This is the first historical study of indigenous Australian masculinity. Using the reactions of eighteenth-century western explorers to Aboriginal men, Konishi argues that these encounters were not as negative as has been thought.
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Infanticide And Abortion In Early Modern Germany

by Margaret Brannan Lewis

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 Using a wide range of contemporary sources, Lewis presents a nuanced study into the changing nature of infanticide in Germany over three centuries. Infanticide and abortion were complex crimes with a variety of causes, perpetrators and punishments. These crimes and the reaction to them are placed in the wider context of the of the period.
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Paracelsus'S Theory Of Embodiment - Conception And Gestation In Early Modern Europe

by Amy Eisen Cislo

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 Paracelsus has been called the father of modern chemistry and is legendary for his treatment of syphilis. This work argues that Paracelsus developed an understanding of the body as composed of two distinct sexes, revolutionizing early modern conceptions of the female body as an inversion of or flawed approximation of the male body.
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Paracelsus'S Theory Of Embodiment - Conception And Gestation In Early Modern Europe

by Amy Eisen Cislo

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 Paracelsus has been called the father of modern chemistry and is legendary for his treatment of syphilis. This work argues that Paracelsus developed an understanding of the body as composed of two distinct sexes, revolutionizing early modern conceptions of the female body as an inversion of or flawed approximation of the male body.
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Courtly Indian Women In Late Imperial India

by Angma Dey Jhala

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 Examines the political worldview of courtly and royal women in India during the late colonial and post-Independence period. This book offers a history of the zenana, which served as the 'women's courts' or 'female quarters of the palace', where women lived behind pardah in seclusion.
ENGLISH

Prostitution And Eighteenth-Century Culture - Sex, Commerce And Morality

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 The eighteenth century saw profound changes in the way prostitution was represented in literary and visual culture. This collection of essays focuses on the variety of ways that the sex trade was represented in popular culture of the time, across different art forms and highlighting contradictory interpretations.
ENGLISH

Interpreting Sexual Violence, 1660â€“1800

229,82€ + 10% CARD

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 The essays in this collection explore representations of and responses to sexual violence over the course of the long eighteenth century. Contributors examine the underlying ideologies that spawned these representations, confronting the social, political, legal and aesthetic conditions of the day.
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