Concerns about sexualisation of young women appear even in the late Middle Ages.
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The Manly Priest: Celibacy, Masculinity, and Reform in the Medieval Period
Interview by Katherine Harvey In The Manly Priest: Clerical Celibacy, Masculinity, and Reform in England and Normandy, 1066-1300, Jennifer Thibodeaux tells the story of the imposition of clerical celibacy in the Anglo-Norman realms. For much of the medieval period, priests in both England and Normandy were not only permitted to marry, but […]
The Perfect Corpse: Death, Virginity and the Bishop in Medieval Europe
Lietbert was renowned for his piety, and in particular his sexual continence.
"The Gay Bulge" or Can We Study Medieval Sexuality Through Puns?
Perhaps sometimes a ‘gay bulge’ is just a gae bolga.
Sex and the Single Man in Late Medieval England
Rachel Moss In May 1482, a harried Richard Cely wrote from London to his younger brother George, who was working in Calais. Three months earlier, in the midst of Shrovetide celebrations (a time of raucous good cheer before the privations of Lent), he had had a sexual encounter with their […]
The King’s Favourite: Sex, Money and Power in Medieval England
Katherine Harvey In November 1326, Hugh Despenser was condemned to death for treason. Drawn to the gallows on a hurdle, he was hanged from a height of 50 feet; then, before he was completely dead, he was cut down from the gallows, eviscerated, and beheaded. His head was displayed on […]
What was the Ultimate Medieval Aphrodisiac?
Katherine Harvey The idea that food and sex are somehow connected is deeply entrenched in contemporary western culture, and one of its most common manifestations is the idea that certain foods and drinks have aphrodisiac properties. Articles on food and drink with aphrodisiac properties are a common feature in newspapers […]
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