Introduction / Barbara A. Hanawalt
"Nede ne hath no lawe": the plea of necessity in medieval literature and law / Richard Firth Green
Upward mobility in the German high Middle Ages: the ascent of a faithful liar / Vickie Ziegler
Women in love: carnal and spiritual transgressions in late Medieval France / Dyan Elliott
Gendering the disenfranchised: down, out, and female in early modern Spain / Anne J. Cruz
Sodomy and the lash: sexualized satire in the Renaissance / Ian Frederick Moulton
The wind traders: speculators and frauds in Northern Europe, 1650-1720 / Mary Lindemann
List of contributors
Index.