Angelica Church lived at the intersection of two revolutions, in a world of dangerous financial speculation, intense political intrigue, and the play of passions between men and women.
Early Modern
Searching for Sodom: Homoeroticism and the Protestant Tradition in England 1550-1850
The story of Sodom provided a context for discussions of homoerotic behavior.
Same-Sex Marriage in Renaissance Rome
Same-sex couples in the early modern period claimed marriage in their own particular ways.
Sex and the Devil: An Interview with Laura Stokes
‘The witch is a witch not only because she magically devours, destroys, or rides wolves, but also because she has sex with the devil.’
Witchcraft Confessions and Sexual Fantasies during the English Civil War
In their confessions at the East Anglian witch trials, accused women combined their understanding of the devil with sexual fantasies.
Sores, Scorn and Stigma? Suffering Syphilis in Early Modern Germany
The ‘French disease’ erupted in Europe in 1495.
“She was both Poxt and Clapt together”: Confessions of Sexual Secrets in Eighteenth-Century Venereal Cases
Sexual secrets were nothing new in the 1700s, but confessing them to a doctor became surprisingly common.
