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"Gender, Violence and Attitudes explores the history of gender-based violence in early modern Europe, particularly intimate-partner violence and sexual violence. This book also investigates the legacy of gender-based violence through the Enlightenment to the present day. It offers historical background for highly topical human rights issues. Offering detailed analysis of gender and the culture of violence, Gender, Violence and Attitudes is essential reading for students and general readers who wish to understand the history of violence and its continual association with gender from early modern Europe to the present day"--

Women --- Men --- Gender identity --- Violence --- Violence against --- History --- Prevention --- Women - Violence against - Europe --- Men - Violence against - Europe --- Gender identity - History --- Violence - Europe - Prevention --- Gender --- Marriage --- Attitudes --- Sexually transgressive behavior --- Rape --- Legislation --- Book --- Domestic violence --- Divorce

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The way that we have perceived, described, and understood sexual desire has changed dramatically over time and across cultures. This collection brings together a group of experts from a variety of disciplines to explore the history of sexual desires and the transformation of sexual ideas, attitudes, and practices in premodern Europe. Among the topics considered are the visibility of sexual offenses and the construction of passions; the geographical range extends to Great Britain, with extended attention also to France as well as Northern and Eastern Europe. The result is a groundbreaking volume that adds significantly to our understanding of premodern European history, history of sexualities, gender studies, religious history, and many other fields.

Sex --- History --- Gender (Sex) --- Human beings --- Human sexuality --- Sex (Gender) --- Sexual behavior --- Sexual practices --- Sexuality --- Sexology --- History of civilization --- History of Europe --- anno 500-1499 --- anno 1500-1799 --- sexual desires, sin, sex crimes, moral offences, early modern history.