Same-sex Sexuality in Later Medieval English Culture

0. Auflage 2015
ISBN: 978-90-8964-629-3
Verlag: Amsterdam University Press

Buch, Englisch, 334 Seiten, Format (B × H): 159 mm x 241 mm, Gewicht: 626 g

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 Geschichtswissenschaft Allgemein
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Europäische Länder
• Geisteswissenschaften Christentum, Christliche Theologie Christentum/Christliche Theologie Allgemein
• 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.

"http://www.utu.fi/en/units/hum/sites/tucemems/members/Pages/home.aspx" target="_blank">Tom Linkinen is at the Turku Centre for Medieval and Early Modern Studies.