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This volume contains nearly 20 essays on obscenity in medieval culture. They represent an attempt to probe the natures, origins and consequences of obscenity in medieval literature, art, theatre and law. Although a core is devoted to obscenity in medieval French literature (where the fabliaux have elicited more previous attempts to come to terms with obscenity than has any other type of medieval literature), other contributions to the volume explore manifestations of obscenity in other cultures and languages.

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'...provide a spectrum of anwers and attitudes to the topic...suggest new ways to look at one's own field, casting new light on, and thereby enlightening, an important subject.' Douglas Kelly, Speculum, 2000. '... a wealth of information...' David O. Frantz, Journal of the History of Behavioral Sciences, 2001.

' provide a spectrum of anwers and attitudes to the topicsuggest new ways to look at one's own field, casting new light on, and thereby enlightening, an important subject.'<br>Douglas Kelly, Speculum, 2000.<br>' a wealth of information'<br>David O. Frantz, Journal of the History of Behavioral Sciences, 2001.<br>

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Jan M. Ziolkowski, Ph.D. (1982) in Medieval Latin, University of Cambridge, is Professor of Medieval Latin and Comparative Literature at Harvard University. He has published extensively on the Latin Middle Ages, from editions and translations to books on intellectual history and literary history.

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