Linkinen Same-sex Sexuality in Later Medieval English Culture

1. Auflage 2015
ISBN: 978-90-485-2286-6
Verlag: Amsterdam University Press
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, Band 1, 376 Seiten

Reihe: Crossing Boundaries: Turku Medieval and Early Modern Studies

This volume investigates the state of same-sex relations in later medieval England, drawing on a remarkably rich array of primary sources from the period that include legal documents, artworks, theological treatises, and poetry. Tom Linkinen uses those sources to build a framework of medieval condemnations of same-sex intimacy and desire and then shows how same-sex sexuality reflected - and was inflected by - gender hierarchies, approaches to crime, and the conspicuous silence on the matter in the legal systems of the period.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Linkinen, Tom

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Europäische Geschichte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction I. Framing condemnations: Sodomy, sin against nature, and crime II. Silencing the unmentionable vice III. Stigmatising with same-sex sexuality IV. Sharing disgust and fear V. Sharing laughter VI. Framing possibilities: Silences, friendships, and deepest love Conclusions Bibliography

Über Autor(innen)

Linkinen, Tom
Tom Linkinen is at the Turku Centre for Medieval and Early Modern Studies.

Linkinen Tom:

Tom Linkinen is at the Turku Centre for Medieval and Early Modern Studies.