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A Renaissance Courtesy-book: Galateo of Manners and Behaviours
by Giovanni Della Casa
Release Date: January 16, 2015 [EBook #47993]
Language: English

Tags: both paper and digital | etiquette | free online | Italian | SCA period

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Contraception and Abortion from the Ancient World to the Renaissance
by John M. Riddle
Publisher: Harvard University Press (January 1, 1994)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0674168763
ISBN-13: 978-0674168763

Tags: birth control | modern | paper | SCA period

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Handsome Heroines: Women as Men in Folklore
by Shahrukh Husain
Publisher: Anchor (September 1, 1996)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0385484054
ISBN-13: 978-0385484053

Tags: gender | gender nonconformity | LGBTQ+ | modern | paper

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I Modi: The Sixteen Pleasures
by Lynne Lawner
Publisher: Peter Owen Ltd (October 1, 1988)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0720607248
ISBN-13: 978-0720607246

Tags: erotica/pornography | Italian | modern | paper | SCA period

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Plants of Love: Aphrodisiacs in Myth, History, and the Present
by Christian Ratsch
Publisher: Ten Speed Press (October 1, 1997)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0898159288
ISBN-13: 978-0898159288

Tags: aphrodisiacs | modern | paper

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Rape in Medieval England: An Historical and Sociological Study
by John Marshall Carter
Publisher: University Press of America (January 1, 1985)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0819145041
ISBN-13: 978-0819145048

Tags: British | modern | paper | SCA period | sexual violence

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Sapphistries: A Global History of Love between Women
by Leila J. Rupp
Publisher: NYU Press (January 28, 2011)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0814777260
ISBN-13: 978-0814777268

Tags: both paper and digital | LGBTQ+ | modern | Sapphic | SCA period

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The Age of Beloveds: Love and the Beloved in Early-Modern Ottoman and European Culture and Society
by Walter G. Andrews, Mehmet Kalpakli
Publisher: Duke University Press (January 13, 2005)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0822334240
ISBN-13: 978-0822334248

Tags: Achillean | both paper and digital | British | Islamic | Italian | LGBTQ+ | modern | non-Western | poetry | SCA period | Turkish | Venetian

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The Boundaries of Eros: Sex Crime and Sexuality in Renaissance Venice
by Guido Ruggiero
Publisher: Oxford University Press (January 5, 1989)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0195056965
ISBN-13: 978-0195056969

Tags: both paper and digital | free online | Italian | modern | SCA period | sex history | sex work | Venetian

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The Ethical Slut, Third Edition: A Practical Guide to Polyamory, Open Relationships, and Other Freedoms in Sex and Love
by Janet W. Hardy, Dossie Easton
Publisher: Ten Speed Press (August 15, 2017)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 9780399579660
ISBN-13: 978-0399579660

Tags: both paper and digital | modern | modern topics | non-monogamy

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The Medieval Vagina: An Historical and Hysterical Look at All Things Vaginal During the Middle Ages
by Karen Harris, Lori Caskey-Sigety
Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform (December 10, 2014)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1500267619
ISBN-13: 978-1500267612

Tags: both paper and digital | genitalia | modern | SCA period

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The Trotula: An English Translation of the Medieval Compendium of Women’s Medicine
by Monica H. Green
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press (July 17, 2013)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0812204697
ISBN-13: 978-0812204698

Tags: both paper and digital | SCA period | sexual health

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