Child Sexual Abuse? A View from England in the Later Middle Ages

By Alan Kissane Childhood and Youth, Medieval, Sexual Violence 0 comments

Bringing sex offenders to justice was as challenging in the Middle Ages as it is today.

Same-Sex Marriage in Renaissance Rome

By Katherine Harvey Author Interviews, Early Modern, LGBTQ 0 comments

Same-sex couples in the early modern period claimed marriage in their own particular ways.

Sex and the Devil: An Interview with Laura Stokes

By Mackenzie Cooley Author Interviews, Early Modern, Religion and Sexuality 0 comments

‘The witch is a witch not only because she magically devours, destroys, or rides wolves, but also because she has sex with the devil.’

‘The Stimulus of the Flesh’ and Margaret Singleton’s Broken Vow

By Laura Wood Medieval 1 comment

While many vowesses broke their chastity vows, Margaret Singleton’s case was different and remains an unsolved mystery.

Phyllis Schlafly and the Making of Grassroots Conservative Sexual Politics

By Stacie Taranto 20th and 21st Century United States 0 comments

Phyllis Schlafly stood at the epicenter of conservative sexual politics.

From Shame to Sin: Sexual Morality in Late Antiquity

By Katherine Harvey Ancient World, Author Interviews, Religion and Sexuality 0 comments

With the new religion came new attitudes to sexual behaviour and morality

“The Church Fathers Really Squirmed”: Contesting Heteronorms in motive Magazine, 1962-1972

By Anna Clutterbuck-Cook LGBTQ 0 comments

motive opened up a space within which a departure from heteronormative values became possible