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  • Abelard castrated
  • Byzantine wife saves husband
  • Amphitryon & Geta duped
  • Chastelaine de Vergi tragedy
  • Aristotle’s advice to Alexander
  • Empress Theodora: woman leader
  • Tristan & Isuet
  • Xanthippe & Socrates
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castration culture

learning & castration: crimes of the penis and the pen

Crimes of learning and the pen contribute more to castration than do crimes of the penis. … Read the post learning & castration: crimes of the penis and the pen

Sincopus described medieval reasons for castrating men

The medieval poem about Sincopus, written in Latin about the year 1100, documents that men’s greed has contributed to their castration. … Read the post Sincopus described medieval reasons for castrating men

Ovid castrated & called misogynist for defying goddess Cybele

Ovid, the great teacher of love in medieval Europe, came to be castrated and called a misogynist because the great goddess Cybele got angry with him. … Read the post Ovid castrated & called misogynist for defying goddess Cybele

erotics of aridity in Hildegard's Ordo Virtutum

Hildegard’s Ordo Virtutum doesn’t merely caricature women as virtuous and men as demonic. It poignantly, poetically explores erotics of aridity. … Read the post erotics of aridity in Hildegard's Ordo Virtutum

Dafydd ap Gwilym's penis under law in medieval Welsh poetry

Dafydd ap Gwilym’s penis poem from 14th-century Wales recognizes legal suppression and social disparagement. That contrasts with the vagina’s status. … Read the post Dafydd ap Gwilym's penis under law in medieval Welsh poetry

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