Painful Pleasures: Sadomasochism in Medieval Cultures
(Hardback)
Publishing Details
Painful Pleasures: Sadomasochism in Medieval Cultures
By (Author) Christopher Vaccaro
Manchester University Press
Manchester University Press
12th July 2022
United Kingdom
Classifications
General
Non Fiction
European history: medieval period, middle ages
Sex and sexuality, social aspects
820.93538
Physical Properties
Hardback
400
Width 138mm, Height 216mm, Spine 22mm
612g
Description
This timely volume ventures into the subject of sadomasochism in varied aspects of medieval life. Saints Lives and mystical treatises provide evidence of failed sadism and empowering masochism. Literary culture in the form of epics and courtly tales preserve stories of eroticised power. These exciting chapters join together to form a picture of medieval culture that is kinky in its practice and deeply psychological at its core.
Author Bio
Christopher Vaccaro is Senior Lecturer in English Language and Literature at the University of Vermont
