Abishag the Shunammite warmed King David in bed, but they didn’t have sex. Guillaume de Machaut’s Voir Dit shows that David wasn’t necessarily impotent. … Read the post Abishag & David: Guillaume de Machaut’s Voir Dit shows possibilities
In medieval biblical plays, Noah’s wife was ungrateful, spiteful, and vicious. Yet, obeying God’s command, the blameless Noah saved her from the flood. … Read the post Noah’s wife saved from flood: blame Bible, not blameless Noah
In contrast to men-abasing demands of courtly love / chivalry, women practicing medieval ennobling love for men could overcome the plague of lovelessness. … Read the post ennobling love for men made medieval women worthy of men’s love
Medieval priests loved women & married them. They defended women against new canon law on celibacy and promoted Christian gender equality in priests’ love. … Read the post medieval priests desired and defended women against celibacy
In Notker’s Rachel sequence, Rachel weeps for her loss of Joseph / the massacre of innocents – boys / Jesus, in part with concern for the stupid brothers. … Read the post holy mother Rachel weeping for the massacre of innocents: boys