Medieval Scientific and Medical Views of Sexuality: Questions of Propriety

Author / Editor
Cadden, Joan.

Title
Medieval Scientific and Medical Views of Sexuality: Questions of Propriety

Published
Medievalia et Humanistica 14 (1986): 157-71.

Description
Medical and scientific authors discussed sexual matters with clinical frankness. Chaucer's Merchant sees Constantinus Africanus as "a pander, a peddler of love potions."

Chaucer Subjects
Background and General Criticism.
Merchant and His Tale.