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Preeminent medieval scholar Georges Duby argues that the structure of sexual relationships took its cue from the family and from feudalism—both bastions of masculinity—as he reveals the role of women, what they represented, and what they were in the Middle Ages. Beautifully written in Duby's... read more
First Sentence
Like all living organisms, human societies have a basic impulse which compels them to perpetuate their existence and to reproduce themselves within stable structures.
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- Georges Duby (Author)
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