This highly original and engaging book by French historian Robert Muchembled, is a journey through time and space in search of the changing perception and significance of the devil in Western culture.
An outstanding book about the changing perception and significance of the devil in Western culture.
Robert Muchembled is a well-known historian and an expert on witchcraft, whose work has already been translated into many languages.
The author highlights the way that the changing notion of evil is connected to other changes in society...
This highly original and engaging book by French historian Robert Muchembled, is a journey through time and space in search of the changing perception...
Can the orgasm be explained in historical terms? An almost incommunicable individual emotion yet also a cultural reality, the orgasm is part of, but also escapes, collective experience. The history of the orgasm is that of the hidden body, of forbidden desires, of flesh constrained by taboos and morality. Buried deep in archives and libraries, the documents that shed light on this physical, sometimes libertine, life are nevertheless surprisingly plentiful and have a surprisingly evocative charge. Robert Muchembled's book unearths fascinating sources which suggest that we need to look with a...
Can the orgasm be explained in historical terms? An almost incommunicable individual emotion yet also a cultural reality, the orgasm is part of, but a...
Can the orgasm be explained in historical terms? An almost incommunicable individual emotion yet also a cultural reality, the orgasm is part of, but also escapes, collective experience. The history of the orgasm is that of the hidden body, of forbidden desires, of flesh constrained by taboos and morality. Buried deep in archives and libraries, the documents that shed light on this physical, sometimes libertine, life are nevertheless surprisingly plentiful and have a surprisingly evocative charge. Robert Muchembled's book unearths fascinating sources which suggest that we need to look with a...
Can the orgasm be explained in historical terms? An almost incommunicable individual emotion yet also a cultural reality, the orgasm is part of, but a...
This highly original and engaging book by French historian Robert Muchembled, is a journey through time and space in search of the changing perception and significance of the devil in Western culture.
An outstanding book about the changing perception and significance of the devil in Western culture.
Robert Muchembled is a well-known historian and an expert on witchcraft, whose work has already been translated into many languages.
The author highlights the way that the changing notion of evil is connected to other changes in society...
This highly original and engaging book by French historian Robert Muchembled, is a journey through time and space in search of the changing perception...
