Why should we talk about sex, or sexuality in more general terms, as a historical phenomenon? Why would such a sordid topic, as some conservative critics might argue, and certainly have argued throughout the centuries see the long and unbroken tradition of clerical condemnation of sexuality as one of the worst sins in human life be of any relevance fo the study of the Middle Ages, the Renaissance, and the early modern age? To raise this issue also provides the immediate answer because no aspect of human life is meaningless, and everything we can learn about people in the past allows us to gain a more comprehensive and more complex picture, especially if our investigation leads us into the realm of people’s motifs, secret plans, hidden agendas, emotions, and dreams. If we can explain why certain actions were taken, certain laws issued, concrete institutions established, and various programs carried out we gain considerable insight into. [download]
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