Sex, Identity and Hermaphrodites in Iberia, 1500-1800 (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781848933026)

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.

Author: Francisco Vazquez Garcia
ISBN-10: 1848933029
ISBN-13: 9781848933026
Publisher: Routledge
Language: English
Published: 11/01/2013
Pages: 224
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.09lbs
Size: 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.56d