The Fires of Lust: Sex in the Middle Ages by Katherine Harvey

The Fires of Lust: Sex in the Middle Ages

Katherine Harvey

296 pages first pub 2021 (editions)

nonfiction history challenging informative medium-paced
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An illuminating exploration of the surprisingly familiar sex lives of ordinary medieval people. The medieval humoral system of medicine suggested that it was possible to die from having too much—or too little—sex, while the Roman Catholic Church t...

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