History (HIST) - Sexuality and Gender in Europe, 1300–1600

HIST 4435  Sexuality and Gender in Europe, 1300–1600

Antirequisites:

HIST 4425

Restrictions:

Restricted to students in an Honours program with 84 credits completed.

Hours:

Three hours of seminar per week.

Credits:

6

Description:

The period from 1300 to 1600 provides our richest documentation of premodern beliefs and practices associated with sexuality. Students engage with scholarship on prostitution, marriage, sodomy, witchcraft and the various conflicts resulting from governmental and religious authorities’ attempts to regulate and define sexuality.