Table of Contents

Prefatory Words... Introduction 1: The Five Discourses Pierre the Chanter and the Augustinian Tradition The Prose Salernitan Questions and the Galenic Tradition Andre the Chaplain and the Ovidian Tradition Jean Renart and the Tradition of Romance Jean Bodel and the Fabliaux Tradition 2: Participants: The Sociology of Sexuality The Physiological Parameters The Social Parameters The Marital Parameters On the Margin: Prostitutes and Holy Matrons 3: The Sexual Body The Learned Body The Body Concealed The Body Exposed 4: Sexual Desire Concupiscentia: The Theology of Desire Delectatio: The Physiology of Desire Passio: The Ovidian Tradition Joie et dolor: Their Interplay in the Romance Tradition Talent: The Fabliaux The Supremacy of Desire: Noncoital Sexuality and the Desire for God 5: Coitus Myths of Origins: Poets and Theologians The Physiology of Coitus Chastity Sexuality Modesty Sexual Techniques Nonconsensual Coitus: From Seduction to Rape 6: Children The Physiology of Reproduction: From Conception to Birth The Natalist Policy of Churchmen Restraints on Fecundity The Politics of Lineage: The Romances Conclusions: Sexuality, Gender, and History Sexuality Gender History: A Postlude Appendix 1: Robert of Courson, Summa XLII, 31, 32 Appendix 2: Pierre the Chanter, Verbum abbreviatum (Long Version) Appendix 3: Pierre the Chanter, Questions Table 1: Fabliaux Containing Sexually Active Characters Classified by Social Group Table 2: Fabliaux Containing Sexual Encounters Classified by Ecclesiastical Categories Short Titles Notes Index