Medieval people scrutinised and judged the sex lives of their rulers.
Recent Posts
‘In the manner of a woman’: John/Eleanor Rykener and the Inessentiality of Gender
John/ Eleanor Rykener’s confession reveals the complexity of queer lives in medieval England.
Love, Lust and Procreation: Debating Sex in Nineteenth-Century Medicine?
Nineteenth-century medical texts contain recommendations on how to navigate love and marriage.
What will .GAY stand for?
The new domains will identify websites as LGBTQ even at the basic level of internet structure, an important step forward for queering the internet.
The Censorship of Female Pleasure: Cleland, Charlie Countryman, Cunnilingus
What does censorship of John Cleland’s novel tell us about attitudes to female pleasure?
The Problematic Priestly Body: Celibacy, Sexuality and the Trials of the Medieval Clergy
Many medieval clerics struggled to obey rules which said they must remain celibate.
A Second Valentine’s Day: Japan’s ‘White Day’
On Valentine’s Day, women give presents to men, while on White Day, men return the favor.
