The Shape of Sex reveals how and why efforts to define “the human” so often hinged on ideas about nonbinary sex.
Search Results for "medieval"
The Reputation of Edward II
Edward’s medieval and early modern afterlife was significantly shaped by the influence of literary texts and techniques.
Dardanella and Peter: What does Microhistory offer to the History of Sexuality?
How is modern microhistory useful for understanding early twentieth-century sexual modernism in Britain?
Virgin Whore
A surprisingly prevalent theme in late English medieval literature and culture: the celebration of the Virgin Mary’s sexuality.
Homosensuality and the early modern Anglo-Ottoman encounter
Sensationalised sexual depravity of the Ottomans was a popular trope in early modern European discourses on the Turks.
Sex, Time and Place: Queer Histories of London, c.1850 to the Present
How do we ‘do’ queer history and how might it be constituted in multi- and interdisciplinary terms?
Carnal Knowledge: Regulating Sex in England, 1470-1600
Sexual behaviour was strictly regulated in late medieval and Tudor England.