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The Bishop’s New Stockings, or The Dangers of Love Magic

By Katherine Harvey Medieval

Love magic posed a real danger to medieval people, especially the clergy.

Cunnilingus in the Middle Ages and the Problem of Understanding Past Sex Lives

By Tom O'Donnell Medieval

We have to work creatively with our sources to understand what medieval people were doing with one another.

‘A Temporary Member’: ‘Hermaphrodites’ and Sexual Identity in Early Modern Russia

By Marianna Muravyeva Early Modern, LGBTQ, Medicine and the Body

‘Hermaphrodites’ represented a true puzzle for the authorities and local community.

Finding the lesbian premodern: Does it take one to know one?

By Kim Racon LGBTQ, Medieval

How can we find out about female same-sex experiences and intimacy in the middle ages?

‘In the manner of a woman’: John/Eleanor Rykener and the Inessentiality of Gender

By Kim Racon LGBTQ, Medieval

John/ Eleanor Rykener’s confession reveals the complexity of queer lives in medieval England.

Sinead and Miley: A History Lesson

By Julia Laite Sexual Labour, United Kingdom

Blurred lines between the protection and the control of women’s sexuality in the past and in the present,

The NOTCHES Team

By Justin Bengry

Editors Justin Bengry, Founder Editor, Modern Europe Justin Bengry is Director of the Centre for Queer History at Goldsmiths, University of London where he convenes the first MA in Queer History. He completed his PhD in 2010 in History and Feminist Studies at the University of California. He was lead researcher on […]