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‘One Stroak of His Razour’: Tales of Self-Gelding in Early Modern England

This article examines stories of men who gelded themselves in early modern England. These events, it argues, were shaped and partly motivated by a culture in which castration was seen as both degrading and potentially empowering. Religious precedents such as that of Origen of Alexandria framed self-...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Skuse, Alanna
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7217618/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32419738
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/shm/hky100

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