Cover of State of virginity

State of virginity

by Ulrike Strasser

2004 248 pages eng

"Challenging Weberian concepts that link modernization to Protestantism, Strasser's study illustrates the modernizing power of Catholicism through an examination of virginity's central role in politics, culture, and society. Weaving together the stories of marriage and convent, of lay as well as rel…

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