Baptism, Sex and Alcahuetas in Medieval Iberia

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2008

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Legas, 2008

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Medieval images of female sexuality are often complex and difficult to interpret. This paper will examine some of these motifs, their contexts-religious and art historical-and some of the problems of interpretation when analyzing universal images in a specific, liturgical context.

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Proceedings of a St. Michael's College Symposium, 25-26 November 2005. This chapter was made available to read with the publisher’s permission.

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baptismal fonts, Medieval Spain, female sexuality

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Sonne de Torrens, Harriet M. “Baptism, Sex and Alcahuetas in Medieval Iberia.” In Weapons of Mass Instruction: Secular and Religious Institutions Teaching the World, edited by Joseph Goering, Francesco Guardiani, and Giulio Silano, 21-40. Toronto: LEGAS, 2008.

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http://hdl.handle.net/1807/104160

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