Ruth Mazo Karras

Ruth Mazo Karras is Professor of History at the University of Minnesota. She has published widely on the history of women, gender, and sexuality in the Middle Ages. Her books include Unmarriages: Women, Men, and Sexual Unions in the Middle Ages (2012), From Boys to Men: Formations of Masculinity in Late Medieval Europe (2002), Common Women: Prostitution and Sexuality in Medieval England (1998) and Slavery and Society in Medieval Scandinavia (1988). She is a co-editor of the journal Gender and...See more

Ruth Mazo Karras is Professor of History at the University of Minnesota. She has published widely on the history of women, gender, and sexuality in the Middle Ages. Her books include Unmarriages: Women, Men, and Sexual Unions in the Middle Ages (2012), From Boys to Men: Formations of Masculinity in Late Medieval Europe (2002), Common Women: Prostitution and Sexuality in Medieval England (1998) and Slavery and Society in Medieval Scandinavia (1988). She is a co-editor of the journal Gender and History. See less