For high-status medieval men, sharing a meal and a bed had more to do with politics than sex.
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Between Byzantine Men
What role did same-sex desire play in tenth-century Byzantium?
The Fires of Lust: Sex in the Middle Ages
By exploring their sex lives, The Fires of Lust brings ordinary medieval people to life.
David Levison and the Heterosexual Revolution in Scotland
In a diatribe delivered to the Church of Scotland’s General Assembly in 1974, Leon David Levision preached that sex without love was ‘mutual exploitation and despoliation.’
Divine, Demonic and Disordered: Women without Men in Song Dynasty China
How were “manless women” viewed in Song Dynasty China?
Gothic Architecture and Sexuality in the Circle of Horace Walpole
Aesthetic preferences of Horace Walpole’s coterie cannot be understood independently from their own sexual preferences.
Queer Studies: Beyond Binaries
Queer Studies: Beyond Binaries is designed as an introductory textbook for undergraduate courses in this rapidly growing field.