Old women and sex: fear, fantasy, and a defining life course in Early Modern Europe
Using Hans Baldung’s The Ages of Life with Death, this piece explores the tightly interwoven contemporary connection between old women and witches. Concomitantly, it investigates the female life cycle and its fundamental connection to female reproduction and women’s relationship to men, defining wom...
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| প্রকাশিত: | URI:https://journals.openedition.org/cliowgh, |
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| বিন্যাস: | Article ou chapitre numérique |
| ভাষা: | Anglais |
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Clio
2022
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| অনলাইন ব্যবহার করুন: | Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM |
| সংক্ষিপ্ত: | Using Hans Baldung’s The Ages of Life with Death, this piece explores the tightly interwoven contemporary connection between old women and witches. Concomitantly, it investigates the female life cycle and its fundamental connection to female reproduction and women’s relationship to men, defining women as Maids, Mothers, or Widows. Finally, it demonstrates the early modern fear of sex in old age. |
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