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Sexuality, Contraception, and Abortion in Medieval English Literature
2022. urn:nbn:hr:142:158346
Sršić, Petra
Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek
Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences
Department of English Language and Literature

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Sršić, P. (2022). Sexuality, Contraception, and Abortion in Medieval English Literature (Master's thesis). Osijek: Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences. Retrieved from https://urn.nsk.hr/urn:nbn:hr:142:158346

Sršić, Petra. "Sexuality, Contraception, and Abortion in Medieval English Literature." Master's thesis, Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, 2022. https://urn.nsk.hr/urn:nbn:hr:142:158346

Sršić, Petra. "Sexuality, Contraception, and Abortion in Medieval English Literature." Master's thesis, Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, 2022. https://urn.nsk.hr/urn:nbn:hr:142:158346

Sršić, P. (2022). 'Sexuality, Contraception, and Abortion in Medieval English Literature', Master's thesis, Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, accessed 01 March 2025, https://urn.nsk.hr/urn:nbn:hr:142:158346

Sršić P. Sexuality, Contraception, and Abortion in Medieval English Literature [Master's thesis]. Osijek: Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences; 2022 [cited 2025 March 01] Available at: https://urn.nsk.hr/urn:nbn:hr:142:158346

P. Sršić, "Sexuality, Contraception, and Abortion in Medieval English Literature", Master's thesis, Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Osijek, 2022. Available at: https://urn.nsk.hr/urn:nbn:hr:142:158346

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TitleSexuality, Contraception, and Abortion in Medieval English Literature
Title (croatian)Seksualnost, kontracepcija i pobačaj u srednjovjekovnoj engleskoj književnosti
AuthorPetra Sršić
MentorLjubica Matek (mentor)
Committee memberLjubica Matek (predsjednik povjerenstva)
Committee memberBiljana Oklopčić (član povjerenstva)
Committee memberJasna Poljak Rehlicki (član povjerenstva)
GranterJosip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek
Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences
(Department of English Language and Literature)
Osijek
Defense date and country2022-09-12, Croatia
Scientific / art field,
discipline and subdiscipline		HUMANISTIC SCIENCES
Philology
Anglistics
Abstract
During the medieval period, women’s lives were shaped by the Church and the patriarchal society. They had little control over their lives and had to conform to the rules and norms of acceptable behaviour. They were mostly subjected to male authority and had little agency or power. After describing the position of women in society and the medieval understanding of female sexuality, contraception, and abortion, this paper examines how female characters from three literary works use sexuality, as well as contraceptive and abortive means to achieve agency and power. The thesis examines different aspects of sexuality and factors connected to it in Chaucer’s “The Wife of Bath’s Prologue and Tale” and “The Merchant’s Prologue, Tale, and Epilogue,” and The Book of Margery Kempe. Namely, all discussed literary texts mention and deal with marital sexuality and rape, and talk about sexuality through food metaphors. Moreover, the thesis examines the possibility of the use of contraceptive and abortive means to establish control over one’s body. A detailed analysis shows that female protagonists utilize their sexuality in a commercial or spiritual sense to achieve agency and authority in other areas of their lives, while contraceptive and abortive means are used to control their bodies and make such uses possible.
Keywords
Languageenglish
URN:NBNurn:nbn:hr:142:158346
Study programmeTitle: English Language and Literature (double major); specializations in: Teacher Training, Translation and Interpreting Studies, Philology
Course: Teacher Training
Study programme type: university
Study level: graduate
Academic / professional title: magistar/magistra edukacije engleskog jezika i književnosti (magistar/magistra edukacije engleskog jezika i književnosti)
Study programmeTitle: History (double major); specializations in: educ.
Course: educ.
Study programme type: university
Study level: graduate
Academic / professional title: magistar/magistra edukacije povijesti (magistar/magistra edukacije povijesti)
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