Gwerful Mechain on women's control of men's sexuality
Gwerful Mechain of Powys, a Welsh poet of the late 15th century, complained of wives strictly controlling men’s sexuality. … Read the post Gwerful Mechain on women's control of men's sexuality
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women and men on medieval women writers
Medieval Women Writers’ Loving Concern for Men is now freely available worldwide. It supplements Peter Dronke’s Women Writers of the Middle Ages. … Read the post women and men on medieval women writers
Candace & Alexander the Great: from cunning to inwardness
Queen Candace and Alexander the Great went from a match of cunning characters in the Alexander Romance to love by hearsay in the Mirror of Simple Souls. … Read the post Candace & Alexander the Great: from cunning to inwardness
Mirror of Simple Souls, rationalization, and the Virgin Mary
Manuscript copies of the Mirror of Simple Souls seem to have obscured an original rationalization for the Virgin Mary to have sacrificed her virginity. … Read the post Mirror of Simple Souls, rationalization, and the Virgin Mary
The Mirror: actively promoted, long book on doing nothing
In medieval France, Porete’s Mirror of Simple Souls tried to explain writing (and actively promoting) a long book about the noble way of doing nothing. … Read the post The Mirror: actively promoted, long book on doing nothing