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Celibacy

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  • The Vestal virgin Tuccia being inspected while carrying water in a sieve to prove her chastity. Etching by P.W. Tomkins,1798, after Sir J. Reynolds.
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    The history of human marriage / by Edward Westermarck.

    Westermarck, Edward, 1862-1939. | Date: 1922
    • Student dissertations

    Gandhi - medicine, diet, sex and their influence on nationalism.

    Bhatt, Markand. | Date: [2005]
    • Books

    The body and society : men, women, and sexual renunciation in early Christianity / Peter Brown.

    Brown, Peter, 1935- | Date: 1988
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    The manly priest : clerical celibacy, masculinity, and reform in England and Normandy, 1066-1300 / Jennifer D. Thibodeaux.

    Thibodeaux, Jennifer D. | Date: [2015]
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    Heavy periods / Fanny Tribble.

    Tribble, Fanny | Date: [approximately 1980]
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