The culture of sexual relations in the Grand Duchy of Lithuania in the 16th–17th centuries.

What did the intimate world of people in the Grand Duchy of Lithuania look like? This book is a thorough historical study of sexuality, love, the body, and social norms in the 16th–17th centuries. The author analyzes literature, art, medicine, hygiene, legal aspects, and moral ideas about intimate relationships — from ideals to real practices. A unique publication for researchers, historians, and those interested in everyday culture.

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The book examines sex as a complex philosophical and physiological phenomenon. Attention is paid to male and female ideals in the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, literature about love and sex, visualization of the body in art, medicine, hygiene, the idea of the body, the practice of Old Belarusian sex, legal and illegal intimate relationships, prostitution, rape. The research is based on a broad source base and shows the features of intimate life in different social classes.