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This book is a remarkable revelation of how early modern men thought about sex ... The dialogue is a treasure trove of details about sex, such as the many euphemisms used to describe male orgasm in terms of female objectification.... [T]he author states that conception-the be-all and end-all of matrimonial intercourse-was only likely if both partners reached orgasm. And in case anyone needs to know, prophecies made by a marriage partner during the sex act are not legitimate. On another tack, although a husband has the right to slit the throat of an unfaithful wife, he should not do so and should lead her to repentance instead. Anyone who would enjoy a litany of remarkable comments about men's approach to the sexual facets of early modern married life, written by a man who in theory was a virgin and never married himself, should read Norte de los estados. -- Elizabeth Rhodes * Bulletin of the Comediantes 73, no. 1 (2021): 151-53 *

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Dana Bultman is Professor of Spanish at the University of Georgia and author of Heretical Mixtures: Feminine and Poetic Opposition to Matter-Spirit Dualism in Spain (2007).

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