The History of Sexuality in Europe

`By combining the latest in analysis with original sources, and by centering each chapter on a question. this Reader offers an excellent way to introduce students to the history of sexuality and to the methodologies that have shaped this dynamic field. Although the book's primary focus is Europe, it places European developments in a global context, and so opens up opportunities for comparative and transnational discussions.' Merry Wiesner-Hanks, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, USA `This volume forms a valuable supplement to Anna Clark's Desire. It provides a taster menu of some of the very varied primary source materials interrogated by historians of sexuality alongside "worked examples" in the form of analyses of particular crucial questions by leading scholars in the field. With its broad time-span and wide geographical range as well as the diversity of issues it addresses, this will surely become an essential introduction to this vibrant field.' Lesley Hall, Wellcome Library, UK The History of Sexuality in Europe: A sourcebook and reader is a dynamic introduction to the latest debates inthe history of sexuality in Europe. It begins with an introduction, "The magnetic poetry kit of sex," that surveys the field of sexuality and introduces the new concept of sexual grammar. The Reader focuses on the modern age, but has three chapters on the ancient and medieval worlds to demonstrate their very different cultures of sexuality. An essential collection for all students of the history of sexuality.