Ruth Mazo Karras is Lecky Professor of History at Trinity College Dublin. Her many works on medieval Europe include Thou Art the Man: The Masculinity of David in the Christian and Jewish Middle Ages and Unmarriages: Women, Men, and Sexual Unions in the Middle Ages.Katherine E. Pierpont is a PhD candidate at the University of Minnesota working on medieval sex work, who has published both in scholarly and public-facing venues.

• 1.  Sex and the Middle Ages  2. The sexuality of chastity  3. Sex and marriage  4. Women outside of marriage  5. Men outside of marriage

Praise for previous editions:- ‘The best short introduction to medieval sexuality that I have read: a remarkable book.’Vern Bullough, Reviews in History'Undergraduate and graduate students will find in Karras’ book an extremely helpful guide to what can be a confusing and perplexing body of scholarship. Even established scholars are likely to find it enlightening as well as enjoyable.'James Brundage, Journal of Ecclesiastical History"Sexuality in Medieval Europe is an impressively synthetic and highly readable survey of current scholarship (particularly historical scholarship) on medieval sexuality that will be of considerable use in undergraduate and postgraduate teaching.'Emma Campbell, Signs

Ruth Mazo Karras is Lecky Professor of History at Trinity College Dublin. Her many works on medieval Europe include Thou Art the Man: The Masculinity of David in the Christian and Jewish Middle Ages and Unmarriages: Women, Men, and Sexual Unions in the Middle Ages.Katherine E. Pierpont is a PhD candidate at the University of Minnesota working on medieval sex work, who has published both in scholarly and public-facing venues.

• 1.  Sex and the Middle Ages  2. The sexuality of chastity  3. Sex and marriage  4. Women outside of marriage  5. Men outside of marriage

Praise for previous editions:- ‘The best short introduction to medieval sexuality that I have read: a remarkable book.’Vern Bullough, Reviews in History'Undergraduate and graduate students will find in Karras’ book an extremely helpful guide to what can be a confusing and perplexing body of scholarship. Even established scholars are likely to find it enlightening as well as enjoyable.'James Brundage, Journal of Ecclesiastical History"Sexuality in Medieval Europe is an impressively synthetic and highly readable survey of current scholarship (particularly historical scholarship) on medieval sexuality that will be of considerable use in undergraduate and postgraduate teaching.'Emma Campbell, Signs

Ruth Mazo Karras is Lecky Professor of History at Trinity College Dublin. Her many works on medieval Europe include Thou Art the Man: The Masculinity of David in the Christian and Jewish Middle Ages and Unmarriages: Women, Men, and Sexual Unions in the Middle Ages.Katherine E. Pierpont is a PhD candidate at the University of Minnesota working on medieval sex work, who has published both in scholarly and public-facing venues.

• 1.  Sex and the Middle Ages  2. The sexuality of chastity  3. Sex and marriage  4. Women outside of marriage  5. Men outside of marriage

Praise for previous editions:- ‘The best short introduction to medieval sexuality that I have read: a remarkable book.’Vern Bullough, Reviews in History'Undergraduate and graduate students will find in Karras’ book an extremely helpful guide to what can be a confusing and perplexing body of scholarship. Even established scholars are likely to find it enlightening as well as enjoyable.'James Brundage, Journal of Ecclesiastical History"Sexuality in Medieval Europe is an impressively synthetic and highly readable survey of current scholarship (particularly historical scholarship) on medieval sexuality that will be of considerable use in undergraduate and postgraduate teaching.'Emma Campbell, Signs