Obscenity' is central to an understanding of medieval culture, and it is here examined in a number of different media.

"Medieval Obscenities examines the complex and contentious role of the obscene - what is offensive, indecent or morally repugnant - in medieval culture from lat

In Obscene Pedagogies, Carissa M. Harris investigates the relationship between obscenity, gender, and pedagogy in Middle English and Middle Scots literary texts

A humorous, trenchant and fascinating examination of how Western culture's taboo words have evolved over the millennia

Drawing on manuscript sources, this book examines how the medieval clergy developed the authority and persuasive force to attempt to govern the day-to-day speec