The rediscovery of a homoerotic poem by Torquato Tasso: Ganimede rapito

By Francesco Ottonello Early Modern, Queer Philologies

Torquato Tasso composed a poem on Ganymede and Jupiter, but self-censored it because of its underlying theme: homoeroticism.

The Beauty and the Terror

By Catherine Fletcher Author Interviews, Early Modern

The Italian Renaissance was far stranger and darker than many of us realise, and that sex and sexuality played an important role in this unsavoury side of the sixteenth century.

Same-Sex Marriage in Renaissance Rome

By Katherine Harvey Author Interviews, Early Modern, LGBTQ

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

CFP: Histories of Magic and Sexuality

By Mackenzie Cooley CFP

How have perceptions of magic shaped sexuality, love, and reproduction?