Same-sex Sexuality in Later Medieval English Culture

Tom Linkinen (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

334 Seiten

2015
Amsterdam University Press (Verlag)
978-90-8964-629-3 (ISBN)

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The cultural history of same-sex sexual matters in later medieval England.

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.

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

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

Erscheint lt. Verlag	15.4.2015
Reihe/Serie	Crossing Boundaries: Turku Medieval and Early Modern Studies
Zusatzinfo	6 Illustrations, black and white
Sprache	englisch
Maße	156 x 234 mm
Themenwelt	Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Mittelalter
	Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Neuzeit (bis 1918)
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
	Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Kulturgeschichte
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Religion / Theologie ► Christentum
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Gender Studies
ISBN-10	90-8964-629-9 / 9089646299
ISBN-13	978-90-8964-629-3 / 9789089646293
Zustand	Neuware