Sex in the Middle Ages

Medieval Fabliaux and Obscene Literature

Documentary Jan 2, 2024 24 min The Great Courses Signature Collection

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S1 E6: Medieval literature plays a powerful role in shaping modern perceptions of life in the Middle Ages. Turn to what might be the less familiar form of medieval storytelling: the fabliaux, which offered medieval people, as it offers us to today, a bawdy, explicit vision of sex and physicality in the Middle Ages.

Documentary Jan 2, 2024 24 min The Great Courses Signature Collection

TV-PG

Information

Released: 2024
Run Time: 24 min
Rated: TV-PG

Languages

Original Audio: English
Audio: English (AAC), English (United States)
Subtitles: English (CC)

Accessibility

: Closed captions (CC) refer to subtitles in the available language with the addition of relevant non-dialogue information.