Medievalists.net » Homosexuality http://www.medievalists.net Where the Middle Ages Begin Sun, 06 Dec 2015 19:35:15 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.9.9 Intersex in the Middle Ages http://www.medievalists.net/2015/01/09/intersex-middle-ages/ http://www.medievalists.net/2015/01/09/intersex-middle-ages/#comments Sat, 10 Jan 2015 00:25:46 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=55353 A brief look at how the medieval world viewed the Intersex individual.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2015/01/09/intersex-middle-ages/feed/ 0 The Fabulous Saga of Guðmundr inn ríki: Representation of Sexuality in Ljósvetninga saga http://www.medievalists.net/2014/08/16/fabulous-saga-gudmundr-inn-riki-representation-sexuality-ljosvetninga-saga/ http://www.medievalists.net/2014/08/16/fabulous-saga-gudmundr-inn-riki-representation-sexuality-ljosvetninga-saga/#comments Sat, 16 Aug 2014 17:51:20 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=51891 Guðmundr, a powerful goði living in the late 10th and early 11th century, was subjected to sexual insults by his rivals Þorkell hákr and Þórir goði Helgason. These sexual insults described him as effeminate and cowardly, and the thesis shows that the Ljósvetninga saga text follows suit with these slurs.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2014/08/16/fabulous-saga-gudmundr-inn-riki-representation-sexuality-ljosvetninga-saga/feed/ 0 Kissing Cousins: Incest and Sex Change in Tristan de Nanteuil http://www.medievalists.net/2014/08/06/kissing-cousins-incest-sex-change-tristan-de-nanteuil/ http://www.medievalists.net/2014/08/06/kissing-cousins-incest-sex-change-tristan-de-nanteuil/#comments Wed, 06 Aug 2014 11:52:06 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=51665 In this paper I re-examine Blanchandine‘s sex change in light of its relation to the issue of incest; as I will show, incest is directly related to the sex change and also punctuates the narrative at other points. Tristan de Nanteuil depicts two sexual and/or romantic relationships between cousins...

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2014/08/06/kissing-cousins-incest-sex-change-tristan-de-nanteuil/feed/ 0 A Kiss Is Just a Kiss: Heterosexuality and Its Consolations in Sir Gawain and the Green Knight http://www.medievalists.net/2014/08/05/kiss-just-kiss-heterosexuality-consolations-sir-gawain-green-knight/ http://www.medievalists.net/2014/08/05/kiss-just-kiss-heterosexuality-consolations-sir-gawain-green-knight/#comments Tue, 05 Aug 2014 15:39:44 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=51635 The famous line from that modern romance- "A kiss is just a kiss"- is the message the Gawain-poet gave his listeners six centuries ago.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2014/08/05/kiss-just-kiss-heterosexuality-consolations-sir-gawain-green-knight/feed/ 0 BOOK REVIEW: A Triple Knot by Emma Campion http://www.medievalists.net/2014/07/29/book-review-triple-knot-emma-campion/ http://www.medievalists.net/2014/07/29/book-review-triple-knot-emma-campion/#comments Tue, 29 Jul 2014 11:06:55 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=51448 BOOK REVIEW: A Triple Knot by Emma Campion I had the pleasure of reading another Emma Campion (Candace Robb) novel recently. Campion, who has written extensively about Alice Perrers, the royal mistress of King Edward III, in her hit, The King’s Mistress, is back on the shelves with a new book released this month entitled: A Triple Knot. This […]

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2014/07/29/book-review-triple-knot-emma-campion/feed/ 0 The soldier’s life: martial virtues and hegemonic masculinity in the early Byzantine Empire http://www.medievalists.net/2014/04/13/soldiers-life-martial-virtues-hegemonic-masculinity-early-byzantine-empire/ http://www.medievalists.net/2014/04/13/soldiers-life-martial-virtues-hegemonic-masculinity-early-byzantine-empire/#comments Sun, 13 Apr 2014 10:42:34 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=48950 This dissertation argues that martial virtues and images of the soldier’s life represented an essential aspect of early Byzantine masculine ideology. It contends that in many of the visual and literary sources from the fourth to the seventh centuries CE, conceptualisations of the soldier’s life and the ideal manly life were often the same.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2014/04/13/soldiers-life-martial-virtues-hegemonic-masculinity-early-byzantine-empire/feed/ 0 BOOKS: Daily Life in the Middle Ages http://www.medievalists.net/2014/02/16/books-daily-life-middle-ages/ http://www.medievalists.net/2014/02/16/books-daily-life-middle-ages/#comments Sun, 16 Feb 2014 17:52:49 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=47641 Ever wonder how monks, women and Vikings lived their day to day lives in the Middle Ages? These books will give you a glimpse into their world.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2014/02/16/books-daily-life-middle-ages/feed/ 0 How far did medieval society recognise lesbianism in this period? http://www.medievalists.net/2014/02/15/gender-sexuality-europe-1200-1500-far-medieval-society-recognise-lesbianism-period/ http://www.medievalists.net/2014/02/15/gender-sexuality-europe-1200-1500-far-medieval-society-recognise-lesbianism-period/#comments Sat, 15 Feb 2014 16:58:41 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=47603 There are countless practical issues surrounding the study of women and their sexuality during the Middle Ages. An unfortunate fact is that the majority of contemporary sources available from this period were written, compiled or transcribed by men. It can, as such, be incredibly difficult to detect the medieval women’s voice.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2014/02/15/gender-sexuality-europe-1200-1500-far-medieval-society-recognise-lesbianism-period/feed/ 0 Valentine’s Day Medieval Love: Books for that special someone http://www.medievalists.net/2014/02/02/valentines-day-medieval-love-books-for-that-special-someone/ http://www.medievalists.net/2014/02/02/valentines-day-medieval-love-books-for-that-special-someone/#comments Mon, 03 Feb 2014 01:11:25 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=47246 Love is in the air! Here are a few medieval books on the topic of love for your Valentine.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2014/02/02/valentines-day-medieval-love-books-for-that-special-someone/feed/ 0 Sodomy and the Knights Templar http://www.medievalists.net/2014/01/26/sodomy-and-the-knights-templar/ http://www.medievalists.net/2014/01/26/sodomy-and-the-knights-templar/#comments Sun, 26 Jan 2014 22:51:11 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=47047 In this article, I will analyze testimony relevant to the charges of the Inquisition that members of the order of Knights Templar throughout Christendom practiced homosexual acts of various sorts from illicit kisses to sodomy.

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