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"Incest and the Medieval Imagination" by Elizabeth Archibald

Every society has taboos about incest, but they differ considerably, and so do literary representations of incest. This book explores medieval uses of the incest motif in a variety of literary genres, including romance, hagiography, and exempla. This study is the first survey of medieval incest stories in their cultural context.

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Contents

Abbreviations

Conventions

A Note on Terminology

Introduction: DANGEROUS PROPINQUITY

1. MEDIEVAL INCEST LAW—THEORY AND PRACTICE

The Graeco-Roman Tradition

Other Evidence of Classical Attitudes to Incest

The Judaic, Biblical, and Patristic Tradition

The Development of Medieval Incest Laws

Observance of the Incest Rules in the Middle Ages

2. THE CLASSICAL LEGACY

Incest in Classical Myth, Legend, and Literature

Christian Approaches to Classical Incest Stories

Medieval Adaptations of Classical Incest Stories

3. MOTHERS AND SONS

Medieval Oedipuses: Judas, Gregorius, and Their Literary Descendants

Romance Versions: Incest Averted

Mothers in Exempla: Deliberate Incest

4. FATHERS AND DAUGHTERS

Unconsummated Incest—The Flight from the Incestuous Father

Consummated Incest

5. SIBLINGS AND OTHER RELATIVES

Siblings

Other Relatives

Conclusion: SEX, SIN, AND SALVATION

The Immaculate Exeption to the Rule

Appendix: Synopses of Flight from Incestuous Father Stories

Bibliography

Index

with TOC BookMark&CrossLinks

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