Medievalists.net » Sexuality 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 Movie Review: Dangerous Beauty http://www.medievalists.net/2015/08/28/movie-review-dangerous-beauty/ http://www.medievalists.net/2015/08/28/movie-review-dangerous-beauty/#comments Fri, 28 Aug 2015 16:38:20 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=60571 Late 16th century Venice, where a woman can be a nun, a wife or a courtesan. For Veronica Franco, the free spirited girl scorned by because of her lack of wealth, the choice is an obvious one...

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2015/08/28/movie-review-dangerous-beauty/feed/ 0 Veronica Franco and the ‘Cortigiane Oneste’: Attaining Power through Prostitution in Sixteenth-Century Venice http://www.medievalists.net/2015/08/12/veronica-franco-and-the-cortigiane-oneste-attaining-power-through-prostitution-in-sixteenth-century-venice/ http://www.medievalists.net/2015/08/12/veronica-franco-and-the-cortigiane-oneste-attaining-power-through-prostitution-in-sixteenth-century-venice/#comments Thu, 13 Aug 2015 00:36:48 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=60351 Franco was a published author, a poet, and counted the King of France among her lovers.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2015/08/12/veronica-franco-and-the-cortigiane-oneste-attaining-power-through-prostitution-in-sixteenth-century-venice/feed/ 0 John Rykener, Richard II and the Governance of London http://www.medievalists.net/2015/06/09/john-rykener-richard-ii-and-the-governance-of-london/ http://www.medievalists.net/2015/06/09/john-rykener-richard-ii-and-the-governance-of-london/#comments Tue, 09 Jun 2015 19:43:42 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=58828 Its narrative of cross-dressing, male prostitution, gay sex, clerical promiscuity and the like seems to offer a rare window onto late medieval sexuality and sexual mores.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2015/06/09/john-rykener-richard-ii-and-the-governance-of-london/feed/ 0 Genre Medievalisms: Geek Goes Chic! http://www.medievalists.net/2015/06/04/genre-medievalisms-geek-goes-chic/ http://www.medievalists.net/2015/06/04/genre-medievalisms-geek-goes-chic/#comments Thu, 04 Jun 2015 13:57:10 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=58687 Is Cersei a collection of bad medieval stereotypes? Have nerds gone mainstream? Were American cowboys a modern retelling of the medieval knight? Put down that comic, put away your bag of dice, and indulge your inner nerd.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2015/06/04/genre-medievalisms-geek-goes-chic/feed/ 0 Medieval Viagara http://www.medievalists.net/2015/04/04/medieval-viagara/ http://www.medievalists.net/2015/04/04/medieval-viagara/#comments Sat, 04 Apr 2015 21:57:37 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=57377 Over a thousand years before Viagra was invented, medieval men were looking for ways to treat erectile dysfunction. We take a look at the prescriptions offered in one of the most popular medical textbooks from the Middle Ages.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2015/04/04/medieval-viagara/feed/ 0 How to restore virginity – advice from Caterina Sforza http://www.medievalists.net/2015/02/13/restore-virginity-advice-caterina-sforza/ http://www.medievalists.net/2015/02/13/restore-virginity-advice-caterina-sforza/#comments Fri, 13 Feb 2015 17:00:27 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=56136 If you follow the advice of Caterina Sforza, 'you will see that thing become so narrow that you yourself will be in admiration.'

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2015/02/13/restore-virginity-advice-caterina-sforza/feed/ 0 The medieval roots of gender and sexuality in Spanish colonial law http://www.medievalists.net/2015/02/12/medieval-roots-gender-sexuality-spanish-colonial-law/ http://www.medievalists.net/2015/02/12/medieval-roots-gender-sexuality-spanish-colonial-law/#comments Fri, 13 Feb 2015 00:52:44 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=56110 Marie Kelleher will discuss the medieval roots of gender and sexuality in Spanish colonial law, beginning with the written law (both secular and ecclesiastical) and how it defines the parameters of respectable female behavior.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2015/02/12/medieval-roots-gender-sexuality-spanish-colonial-law/feed/ 0 Chaucer the Love Poet: A Study in Historical Criticism http://www.medievalists.net/2015/01/27/chaucer-love-poet-study-historical-criticism/ http://www.medievalists.net/2015/01/27/chaucer-love-poet-study-historical-criticism/#comments Tue, 27 Jan 2015 21:33:49 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=55716 This thesis is an historically based inquiry into the aesthetic function and moral significance of the themes of marriage, fornication, and adultery in Chaucer's poetry about sexual love

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2015/01/27/chaucer-love-poet-study-historical-criticism/feed/ 0 The Trouble with ‘Female Sexuality’ http://www.medievalists.net/2015/01/10/trouble-female-sexuality/ http://www.medievalists.net/2015/01/10/trouble-female-sexuality/#comments Sun, 11 Jan 2015 03:15:40 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=55379 Using medieval western art to speak of female sexuality is difficult.

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