Copyright 2008 Merril D. Smith
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The Greenwood encyclopedia of love, courtship, and sexuality through history / volume editors, James W. Howell [et al.].
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents: v. 1. The ancient world / James W. Howell, editorv. 2. The medieval era / William E. Burns, editorv. 3. The early modern period / Victoria L. Mondelli and Cherrie A. Gottsleben, editorsv. 4. The colonial and revolutionary age / Merril D. Smith, editorv. 5. The nineteenth century / Susan Mumm, editorv. 6. The modern world / James T. Sears, editor.
ISBN-13: 9780313333590 (set : alk. paper)ISBN-13: 9780313335839 (vol. 1 : alk. paper)ISBN-13: 9780313335198 (vol. 2 : alk. paper)ISBN-13: 9780313336539 (vol. 3 : alk. paper)ISBN-13: 9780313333606 (vol. 4 : alk. paper)ISBN-13: 9780313334054 (vol. 5 : alk. paper)ISBN-13: 9780313336461 (vol. 6 : alk. paper)
1. SexHistoryEncyclopedias. 2. LoveHistoryEncyclopedias. 3. CourtshipHistoryEncyclopedias. I. Howell, James W. II. Title.
HQ21.G67125 2008
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Copyright 2008 by Merril D. Smith
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ISBN-13: 9780313333590 (set code)
9780313335839 (Vol. 1)
9780313335198 (Vol. 2)
9780313336539 (Vol. 3)
9780313333606 (Vol. 4)
9780313334054 (Vol. 5)
9780313336461 (Vol. 6)
First published in 2008
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List of Entries
Abduction
Abortion
Actors
Adultery
African Slave Trade. See Atlantic Slave Trade
Alcohol
American Art. See Art, American/European
Anal Intercourse
Anti-Sodomy Law. See Sodomy and Anti-Sodomy Law
Aristotle's Masterpiece (1684)
Art, American/European
Art, Non-Western
Atlantic Slave Trade
Bastardy
Baths
Behn, Aphra (c. 16401689)
Berdache
Bestiality
Bigamy
Birth Control. See Contraception
Bisexuality
The Body
Breastfeeding
Byrd, William (16741744)
Casanova, Giacomo Girolamo (17251798)
Castlehaven, Earl of. See Touchet, Mervyn, Earl of Castlehaven
Castration
Celibacy
Cervantes Saavedra, Miguel de (15471616)
Chastity
Chevalier d'Eon (17281810)
Child Rape
Childbirth
Childhood and Adolescence
Chinese Theater. See Theater, Chinese
Circumcision
Clothing and Fashion
Concubines
Consent
Consumerism. See Household Consumerism
Contraception
Convents. See Monasteries
Cosmetics and Perfume
Courtship
Cross-Dressing
Dance
Death
D'Eon de Beaumont, Charles-Genevive-Louis-Auguste-Andr-Thimothe. See Chevalier d'Eon
Diderot, Denis (17131784)
Divorce
Domestic Violence
Don Juan. See Tenorio, Don Juan
Dueling
Economics and Gender. See Household Consumerism
Education
Ejaculation
Elliott, Grace Dalrymple (17541823)
English Revolution. See Revolution and Gender
Enlightenment Thought on Sexuality
Erauso, Catalina de (15851650)
Eunuchs
Euphemisms and Slang
European Art. See Art, American/European
Explorers and Missionaries
Express Consent. See Consent
Fairy Tales
Fanny Hill (Cleland, 1749)
Fashion. See Clothing and Fashion
Flagellation
Folklore. See Myths and Folklore
Food
Footbinding
Fornication
Franklin, Benjamin (17061790)
French Revolution. See Revolution and Gender
Geisha
Gender. See Revolution and Gender
Gender Roles
Gossip, Eighteenth-Century England
Gossip, Seventeenth-Century America
Guadalupe, Virgin of. See Virgin of Guadalupe
Gynecology Manuals
Harems
Hermaphrodites
Hinduism
Hogarth, William (16971764)
Homosexuality
Household Consumerism
Hysteria
Implied Consent. See Consent
Impotence
Incest
Indentured Servants
India
Ins de la Cruz, Sor Juana (16511695)
Infanticide
Insanity. See Madness
Interracial Sex
Islam
Japanese Theater. See Theater, Japanese
Judaism
Laws
Libertine
Literacy. See Education
Literature
Madness
Maritime Culture
Marquis de Sade. See Sade, Donatien Alphonse Franois de
Marriage
Marvell, Andrew (16211678)
Masculinity
Masturbation
Mather, Cotton (16631728)
Medicine and Science
Men. See Masculinity
Menstruation
Mexico, Indigenous Women of
Mexico, Sexuality and Gender in
Midwives and Physicians
Milton, John (16081674)
Missionaries. See Explorers and Missionaries
Mistresses. See Royal Mistresses
Mixed Marriages, New France
Molly Houses
Monasteries
Murder
Myths and Folklore
Native Americans
Newspapers
Non-Western Art. See Art, Non-Western
Nudity. See The Body
Onanism. See Masturbation
Opera
Oral Sex
Orgasm
Orphans
Ottoman Empire
Paternity
Patriarchy
Perfectionists
Perfume. See Cosmetics and Perfume
Philosophy
Physicians. See Midwives and Physicians
Pirates
Polyandry
Pornography
Pregnancy
Premarital Sex
Prostitutes and Prostitution
Pueblo Indians
Puritans
Rape/Coerced Sex
Rape Law
Religion
Restoration Poetry (16601700)
Revolution and Gender
Romantic Love
Rousseau, Jean-Jacques (17121788)
Royal Mistresses
Sade, Donatien Alphonse Franois de (17401814)
Salons
Science. See Medicine and Science
Seduction Literature
Sex Crimes
Shakespeare, William (15641616)
Slander/Defamation of Character. See Gossip, Eighteenth-Century England; Gossip, Seventeenth-Century America
Slang. See Euphemisms and Slang
Slavery
Sodomy and Anti-Sodomy Law
Southeastern Indians
Swift, Jonathan (16671745)
Taboos
Taj Mahal
Tenorio, Don Juan
Theater, Chinese
Theater, European
Theater, Japanese
Thistlewood, Thomas (17211786)
Tobacco
Tom Jones (Fielding, 1749)
Torture
Touchet, Mervyn, Earl of Castlehaven (15931631)
Venereal Diseases
Virgin Mary
Virgin of Guadalupe
Virgins/Virginity
Virtue
Voyeurism
Wartime Rape
Widows and Widowhood
Wilmot, John, Earl of Rochester (16471680)
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