State power and illicit sexuality: the persecution of sodomy in late medieval Bruges
The study of marginal groups in the late medieval Low Countries is much neglected. The issues of when, where and how homosexuals came to be marginalized, to be regarded as a danger to social order, have not been specifically investigated in this part of Europe.
Be My Medieval Valentine?: Five Fabulous Books on Love!
Five fabulous books to enjoy with your Abelard or Heloise! Happy Valentine’s Day Medievalverse!
Child sexual abuse: historical cases in the Byzantine empire (324-1453 A.D.)
Our research into the original texts of Byzantine historians and chroniclers indicates that child sexual abuse flourished even in a religious mediaeval society such as that of Byzantium, a state which comprised the rational continuation of the Roman empire and which was the most important state in the known world for 11 centuries (324 –1453 A.D.).
(Un)Natural Love: Homosexuality in Late Medieval English Literature: Langland, Chaucer, Gower, and the Gawain Poet
We can examine in their works if there are any mentions of homosexuality, and, more importantly, whether these mentions bear a strong marking of late medieval English society. Do the four authors take different approaches to the subject? Do they take approaches at all, or do they omit any mention of homosexuality?
Syracuse University examines “Sex and Power from the Middle Ages to the Enlightenment”
The Ray Smith Symposium in Syracuse University’s College of Arts and Sciences continues its yearlong examination of “Sex and Power from the Middle…
Women Characters in Arthurian Literature
The main issue, then, is how Arthurian women characters have been portrayed throughout the centuries and the reasons for those particular ways of portrayal.
An Unknown Aspect in the Life of Al-Jahiz
This study focuses on homosexuality among men in Islamic society in general and al-Jahiz and his generation in particular.
Same-Sex Relations in the Middle Ages
The study of homosexual, lesbian and bisexual relations during the Middle Ages is a new area of research, with some of the first important books on the topics being published in the late 1970s/early 1980s.
ADDRESSING THE ISSUE OF LESBIANISM IN A GENERAL COURSE ON WOMEN IN THE MIDDLE AGES
ADDRESSING THE ISSUE OF LESBIANISM IN A GENERAL COURSE ON WOMEN IN THE MIDDLE AGES Huot, Sylvia Medieval Feminist Newsletter, Volume 13, Issue…
The Experience of Homosexuality in the Middle Ages
Homosexual sex was widespread in the Middle Ages and there is abundant information on what church writers and secular legislators thought about it. Shoddy or partisan scholarship and a distinctly modern disdain of homosexuals by scholars until recently marked much of the discussion of the history of this medieval homosexuality.
Homoerotic Liasons among the Mamluk Elite in Late Medieval Egypt and Syria
Homoerotic Liasons among the Mamluk Elite in Late Medieval Egypt and Syria By Everett K. Rowson Islamicate sexualities: translations across temporal geographies of…
Queer Vikings? Transgression of gender and same-sex encounters in the Late Iron Age and early medieval Scandinavia
Queer Vikings? Transgression of gender and same-sex encounters in the Late Iron Age and early medieval Scandinavia By Sami Raninen SQS, Vol.2 (2008)…
THE HETEROSEXUAL SUBJECT OF CHAUCERIAN NARRATIVE
THE HETEROSEXUAL SUBJECT OF CHAUCERIAN NARRATIVE Dinshaw, Carolyn Medieval Feminist Newsletter, Volume 13, Issue 1 (1992) Spring 1992 Abstract “I’m not sure what…
GAY STUDIES AND FEMINISM: A MEDIEVALIST’S PERSPECTIVE
GAY STUDIES AND FEMINISM: A MEDlEVALIST’S PERSPECTIVE Gaunt, Simon Medieval Feminist Newsletter, Volume 13, Issue 1 (1992) Spring 1992 Abstract Simon Gaunt and…
Brotherhood of Vice: Sodomy, Islam, and the Knights Templar
The charge of sodomy was unique because it was a crime of personal moral failure, rather than an organizational heresy which could threaten state authority.
Female Sodomy: The Trial of Katherina Hetzeldorfer (1477)
Female Sodomy: The Trial of Katherina Hetzeldorfer (1477) By Helmet Puff Journal of Medieval and Early Modern Studies, Vol. 30, No. 1 (2000)…
The myth of lesbian impunity: capital laws from 1270 to 1791
The myth of lesbian impunity: capital laws from 1270 to 1791 By Louis Crompton Journal of Homosexuality, Vol.6 No.1-2 (1980-81) Abstract: The standard…
On Lesbian and Gay/Queer Medieval Studies
On Lesbian and Gay/Queer Medieval Studies By David Lorenzo Boyd Medieval Feminist Forum, Vol.15 No. 1 (1993) Introduction: A graduate student sitting next…
Between Monks: Tales of Monastic Companionship in Early Byzantium
Between Monks: Tales of Monastic Companionship in Early Byzantium By Derek Krueger Journal of the History of Sexuality, Volume 20, Number 1 (2011)…
The transformation of homosexual Liebestod in sagas translated from Latin
The transformation of homosexual Liebestod in sagas translated from Latin Ashurst, David Saga-Book (2002) Abstract The focus of this article will be on…
Homosexuality in the Middle Ages
Homosexuality in the Middle Ages Johansson, Warren & Percy, William A. Homosexuality in the Middle Ages (2009) Abstract Homosexuality in the Middle Ages…