Acknowledgments
List of abbreviations
Note to the text
Introduction
1. Sexual ethics in the times of Bolesław I the Brave: The first stage of Christianization
2. Clerical celibacy
3. The formation of Christian views on marriage
4. Debitum coniugale: The place of sexual intercourse in marriage
5. Courtly love in medieval Poland?
6. The portrayal of chaste marriage in hagiography
7. Christian morality in the work of preachers
8. Marriage cases before ecclesiastical courts
9. Prostitution in late medieval Poland
10. Homosexuality in medieval Poland: Sources and silences
Conclusion
Bibliography
Index
Biography
Karolina Morawska holds a PhD in History from the University of Warsaw and is a researcher at the Institute of History of the Polish Academy of Sciences (IH PAN). She specializes in medieval studies, with a particular focus on gender, sexuality, and their intersection with social and cultural practices in the Middle Ages.
