{"product_id":"the-olde-daunce-robert-r-edwards-9780791404409","title":"The Olde Daunce: Love, Friendship, Sex, and Marriage in the Medieval World","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn this volume a variety of perspectives reevaluate the nature of friendship, desire, and the olde daunce of love in the Middle Ages. Challenging earlier scholarly notions about medieval marriage, this book suggests and explores the legitimacy of marital friendship, affection, and mutuality. The authors explore the relationship of medieval love to companionship, equality, and power, and relate medieval expressions of love to a number of issues including creativity, reading and writing, voyeurism, chastity, violence, and even hate.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe book reconsiders the theological, philosophical, and legal background of medieval attitudes toward marriage, analyzes expressions of love and desire in European vernacular literature, and considers several implications of Chaucer's treatment of love, marriage, and sexuality.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Robert R. Edwards\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0791404404\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780791404409\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e State University of New York Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/24\/1991\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 311\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.96lbs","brand":"Robert R. Edwards","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48065122894079,"sku":"9780791404409","price":36.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_bfcf5ac5-26d3-4889-af89-7f3ec2517ada.jpg?v=1768673140","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-olde-daunce-robert-r-edwards-9780791404409","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}