The Language of Sex

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