Sex, identity and hermaphrodites in iberia, 1500-1800
Auteur :
Garcia, Francisco Vazquez
Éditeur :
Taylor & Francis Ltd
ISBN :
9781848933026
Date de publication :
1 nov. 2013
Dimensions :
23,4 x 15,6 cm
Poids :
453 g
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
Grande Bretagne
Early modern European thought held that men and women were essentially the same. During the seventeenth century, medical and legal arguments began to turn against this ‘one-sex’ model, with hermaphroditism seen as a medieval superstition. This book traces this change in Iberia in comparison to the earlier shift in thought in northern Europe.