Undressing Medieval Bodies: Exploring Sin, Shame and Sexuality through representations of  Nudity and Nakedness in the Middle Ages

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Whitney, Rhianne (2021)

Undressing Medieval Bodies: Exploring Sin, Shame and Sexuality through representations of Nudity and Nakedness in the Middle Ages

Master thesis | Literary Studies (MA)

This thesis aims to explore attitudes towards nudity and nakedness in medieval art and literature by discussing key historical, religious and socio-political contexts surrounding the body and embodiment. By undressing the medieval understanding and approaches to the exposed body, I will present how nudity was received both publicly and privately, and evaluate whether cultural attitudes towards nakedness reflect or challenge contemporary notions of nakedness. Therefore, this research should contribute to a wider historical narrative of the relationship between the naked body and its material environment in both the medieval and modern period.

Author: Whitney, Rhianne

Faculty: Faculty of Humanities

Specialisation: English Literature/ Medieval

Supervisors: Murchison. K.

ECTS Credits: 20

Language: en

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Undressing Medieval Bodies: Exploring Sin, Shame and Sexuality through representations of Nudity and Nakedness in the Middle Ages