The sex of men in premodern Europe : a cultural history / Patricia Simons.

Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2011.

xv, 327 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Machine generated contents note: Introduction; Part I. Witnessing Men's Bodies: Paradigms Old and New: 1. How to be a man in early modern Europe; 2. The phallus: history and humour; 3. Material culture in late medieval and early modern Europe; Part II. Projecting Male Sex: Models and Metaphors: 4. Physiology and anatomy; 5. Value and expenditure; 6. Pleasure and the unequal two-seed theory; 7. Fertility and beyond; 8. Implements in action; Conclusion.

Includes bibliographic references and index.