What role did sex play in medieval marriages, and did spouses owe each other a ‘marital debt’?
Tag: Religion and sexuality
Carnal Knowledge: Regulating Sex in England, 1470-1600
Sexual behaviour was strictly regulated in late medieval and Tudor England.
Inventing Incest in Early Medieval Europe
The sixth century saw the emergence of a new understanding of the concept of incest, which was swiftly legislated in both secular and canon law.
Searching for Sodom: Homoeroticism and the Protestant Tradition in England 1550-1850
The story of Sodom provided a context for discussions of homoerotic behavior.
Porno Chic and the Sex Wars: A Roundtable on the Politics of Sexual Representations in the 1970s – Part 2
What can pornography’s history tell us about its basic appeal?
Not Straight, Not White: A Student Interview with Kevin Mumford
An interview with author Kevin Mumford about his new book detailing the lives of black gay men from the Civil Rights Movement to the AIDS crisis
The History of Sexuality has a Jewish Problem
I had the pleasure of being a respondent at a conference in honor of Heather White and Anthony Petro’s path breaking publications Reforming Sodom and After the Wrath of God.
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