The Medieval Chastity Belt
A. Classen
Palgrave Macmillan, 2008
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The chastity belt is one of those objects people have commonly identified with the 'dark' Middle Ages. This book analyzes the origin of this myth and demonstrates how a convenient misconception, or contorted imagination, of an allegedly historical practice has led to profoundly flawed interpretations of control mechanisms used by jealous husbands.
- ISBN-13
- 9781403975584
- ISBN-10
- 1403975582
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Year
- 2008
- Publication date
- 2008-04-09
- Pages
- 223
- Dimensions
- 226x148x19
- Weight
- 440