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The Once and Future Sex
- Going Medieval on Women's Roles in Society
- Narrated by: Samara Naeymi
- Length: 7 hrs and 33 mins
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Publisher's summary
A vibrant and illuminating exploration of medieval thinking on women's beauty, sexuality, and behavior.
What makes for the ideal woman? How should she look, love, and be? In this high-spirited history, medievalist Eleanor Janega turns to the Middle Ages, the era that bridged the ancient world and modern society, to unfurl its suppositions about women and reveal what's shifted over time—and what hasn't.
Enshrined medieval thinkers, almost always male, subscribed to a blend of classical Greek and Roman philosophy and Christian theology for their concepts of the sexes. For the height of female attractiveness, they chose the mythical Helen of Troy, whose imagined pear shape, small breasts, and golden hair served as beauty's epitome. Casting Eve's shadow over medieval women, they derided them as oversexed sinners, inherently lustful, insatiable, and weak. And, unless a nun, a woman was to be the embodiment of perfect motherhood.
In The Once and Future Sex, Janega unravels the restricting expectations on medieval women and the ones on women today. She boldly questions why, if our ideas of women have changed drastically over time, we cannot reimagine them now to create a more equitable future.
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Become familiar with the time of the Romans. Learn about their slaves, their freemen, their sex slaves, their sex lives, their prostitutes, their habits and professions, and more. This guide will put special emphasis on the rebellion of Spartacus, the taboos in Roman culture, and the religious cults with their idols.
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Awesome audiobook
- By Elsie on 12-06-19
By: Coby Evans
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The Alphabet Versus the Goddess
- The Conflict Between Word and Image
- By: Leonard Shlain
- Narrated by: Norman Dietz
- Length: 24 hrs and 5 mins
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Who changed the sex of God? This groundbreaking book proposes that the rise of alphabetic literacy reconfigured the human brain and brought about profound changes in history, religion, and gender relations. Making remarkable connections across brain function, myth, and anthropology, Dr. Shlain shows why pre-literate cultures were principally informed by holistic, right-brain modes that venerated the Goddess, images, and feminine values.
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Can't Even Get Started
- By Marie on 02-08-19
By: Leonard Shlain
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Roman Slaves
- The Roman History of the Heroic Slave Revolution
- By: Ron Carver
- Narrated by: Brandon Woodall
- Length: 3 hrs and 54 mins
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Did you know that the Roman Empire was infamous for its slave trade? The slaves had very different lives, though. Some were treated nicely, others badly, and some sexually. There were slave rebellions, wars, and many other things going on. Dive into the Roman customs, the perspective on slaves, their ways of dealing with them, and the ways how people could become a free man. These and other details about life during Roman times will come to light fast in this comprehensive guide.
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Very nice
- By Gerald on 03-29-20
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Diderot and the Art of Thinking Freely
- By: Andrew S. Curran
- Narrated by: Paul Boehmer
- Length: 13 hrs and 18 mins
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Denis Diderot is often associated with the decades-long battle to bring the world's first comprehensive Encyclopedie into existence. But his most daring writing took place in the shadows. Thrown into prison for his atheism in 1749, Diderot decided to reserve his best books for posterity - for us, in fact. In the astonishing cache of unpublished writings left behind after his death, Diderot challenged virtually all of his century's accepted truths, from the sanctity of monarchy, to the racial justification of the slave trade, to the norms of human sexuality.
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lifelong coverage of his life.
- By Michael Daly on 03-22-21
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The Yellow Wallpaper and Other Stories
- By: Charlotte Perkins Gilman
- Narrated by: Kirsten Potter
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This collection brings together 12 of the finest short stories of prominent American feminist author Charlotte Perkins Gilman. "The Yellow Wallpaper", Gilman's best-known work, was first published in 1892 and represents an important examination of 19th-century attitudes toward women's physical and mental health.
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Feminist literature or Lovecratian horror?
- By David on 07-11-14
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The Victorian Era
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- By: Captivating History
- Narrated by: Kevin Hung-Liang
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When Queen Victoria stepped onto the throne of Great Britain and Ireland in 1837, gone were the days when the monarch had supreme authority over the kingdom. Victoria ruled at the head of a government with which she was meant to converse, debate, and ultimately guide, and it was a job she sometimes struggled to perform. Victoria described herself as an emotional creature and blamed her gender for what she believed were her shortcomings as a monarch.
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uneven chapter focus, IA-like narration
- By Daniel on 04-10-24
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A Brief History of Life in the Middle Ages
- Brief Histories
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A fascinating new portrait of Medieval Britain that brings together the everyday and the extraordinary. Using wide-ranging evidence, Martyn Whittock shines a light on Britain in the Middle Ages, bringing it vividly to life. Thus we glimpse 11th century rural society through a conversation between a ploughman and his master. The life of Dick Whittington illuminates the rise of the urban elite.
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Really good book
- By Claire on 11-11-18
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Consider the Women
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- By: Debbie Blue
- Narrated by: Sheri Beth Dusek
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A timely and compelling new look at three key women in the biblical narrative. Among the mostly male-dominated narratives in Scripture, the stories of women can be game-changing. In this book Debbie Blue looks closely at Hagar (mother of Islam), Esther (Jewish heroine), and Mary (Christian matriarch) - and finds in them unexpected and inviting new ways of navigating faith and life.
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The Full Spectrum Nature Of God Extolled
- By C. C. Dawn on 05-26-19
By: Debbie Blue
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Sailing the Wine-Dark Sea
- Why the Greeks Matter
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- Narrated by: John Lee
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Best selling history writer Thomas Cahill continues his series on the roots of Western civilization with this volume about the contributions of ancient Greece to the development of contemporary culture. Tracing the origin of Greek culture in the migrations of armed Indo-European horsemen into Attica and the Peloponnesian peninsula, he follows their progress into the creation of the Greek city-states, the refinement of their machinery of war, and the flowering of intellectual and artistic culture.
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Super super
- By Richard on 12-28-03
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The Lies That Bind
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We all know how identities - notably, those of nationality, class, culture, race, and religion - are at the root of global conflict, but the more elusive truth is that these identities are created by conflict in the first place. In provocative, entertaining chapters, Kwame Anthony Appiah interweaves keen-edged argument with engrossing historical tales and reveals the tangled contradictions within the stories that define us.
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Not full of SJW nonsense
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Albion's Seed
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This fascinating audiobook is the first volume in a projected cultural history of the United States, from the earliest English settlements to our own time. It is a history of American folkways as they have changed through time, and it argues a thesis about the importance for the United States of having been British in its cultural origins. While most people in the United States today have no British ancestors, they have assimilated regional cultures which were created by British colonists, even while preserving ethnic identities at the same time.
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This is great, much more than title suggests
- By Kindle Customer on 07-26-14
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- Hollis
- 07-31-24
So enlightening and validating
I must admit that Eleanor Janega is absolutely my historian crush. She’s amazing and so witty as well as brilliant. This book is no exception. She both educates and entertains in her explanations of sex, gender roles and how women were perceived then and now. Being a historian myself, I was familiar with the subject matter, but still learned so many new things and details that I found fascinating.
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- L. Powell
- 11-05-23
Fantastically entertaining and enlightening
I discovered Dr. Janega through her History Hit videos and have always appreciated her ability to not just explain history but also make it relevant to the present
This book takes it to the next level. It’s full of wonderful insights and is a great read from start to finish
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- John Birkhead
- 01-19-23
A complex and important history
Dr Janega always delivers written or verbal information with a style that is never dull!
Medieval views (prejudiced) of women, many from monks and priests, are very much alive today.
As a 60+ man I liked to think that the place of women in our society has improved tremendously since Medieval times. Dr Janega let’s us know that this isn’t necessarily true and how women are viewed by some have deep roots.
Great reading too!
Definitely recommended.
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- Aidenn O
- 01-29-23
An absolute delight!
I yearn to push this wonderful book into the hands of every fan of history, fantasy genre fiction, and anyone the least bit interested in the presence of women in religious and daily life in Europe’s past. It could only have been better if Dr. Janega had narrated it herself, but hey, there’s always the We’re Not So Different podcast! (Also Samara Naeymi is great! I just already loved Eleanor Janega’s delivery and voice before preordering this.)
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- Caitlin Tiulenev
- 04-03-23
Fascinating and educational
This is one that I didn’t want to end. There is so much not taught to us or considered general knowledge when it comes to women of the past, especially medieval. We have more in common than we think. We also have a long way to go in respecting roles of women in the past and today.
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- P. Ehrhart
- 05-13-24
The academic perspective
This book is a wonder addition to Womens history on topics that we do not often discuss. I can only complain that it is too short.
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- Leo
- 09-01-24
Learned a lot. Enjoyed doing it
Well structured. Well researched. Well written. None of this was covered in the medieval history curriculum at school! Excellent narration.
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- C. Williams
- 01-19-23
Dr. Janega hits it out of the park
I loved this book. Not only is it a fascinating look at a group of people we don't get to delve into very often. We also get an insightful critique of our own ideas about women. The narrator was excellent and her tone and hint of wry wit was perfect for the piece. I would love to see this pairing again with future projects
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- Amazon Customer
- 03-25-23
Fantastic
I thoroughly enjoyed every bit of this book. Not only valuable for medieval history lovers but for anyone thinking about modern women's lives. if you aren't afraid of some salty language, I recommend listening to this when the young women (and men) in your life are in earshot. There are so many good points made by pulling the absurdities of cultural constructs and shining a mirror to the injustices they create.
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- Alessandra
- 12-14-23
Insightful and informative book
Dr Eleanor Janega presents history topics in a dynamic and relatable manner. I follow all of her documentaries on History Hits. Her documentaries are like having an informative and fun chat with a friend over a pint. I hope this is the first of many books from Dr Janega.
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