INTRODUCTION 1
1 CHANNELING THE URGE:THE FIRST SEX LAWS 10
2 HONOR AMONG (MOSTLY) MEN: CASES FROM ANCIENT GREECE 56
3 IMPERIAL BEDROOMS:SEX AND THE STATE IN ANCIENT ROME 86
4 THE MIDDLE AGES:A CROWD CONDEMNED 123
5 GROPING TOWARD MODERNITY:THE EARLY MODERN PERIOD, 1500-1700 174
6 THE NEW WORLD OF SEXUAL OPPORTUNITY 231
7 THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY:REVELATION AND REVOLUTION 273
8 THE NINETEENTH CENTURY: HUMAN NATURE ON TRIAL 328