With the new religion came new attitudes to sexual behaviour and morality
Author: Katherine Harvey
The Pustulent Penis: Searching for STDs in the Centuries before Syphilis
John of Gaunt ‘died of putrefaction of his genitals and body’.
The Manly Priest: Celibacy, Masculinity, and Reform in the Medieval Period
The story of the imposition of clerical celibacy in the Anglo-Norman realms.
Bad for the Soul, Good for the Body: Religion, Medicine and Masturbation in the Middle Ages
The monk could no longer be considered a virgin, since he has been ‘polluted…through masturbation’.
The Origins of Sex: An Interview With Faramerz Dabhoiwala
Dabhoiwala traces the transformation of western approaches to sexuality during the Enlightenment.
The Perfect Corpse: Death, Virginity and the Bishop in Medieval Europe
How could a medieval corpse reflect a person’s sexual behaviour?
The King’s Favourite: Sex, Money and Power in Medieval England
Medieval royal favourites were often unpopular, whether or not the relationship was sexual.