A medieval superhero slashes off heads of hounds, orders around a Moor, and removes bull’s balls from an overbearing mother-in-law to cure matriarchy. … Read the post La Dame Escoilliee: medieval superhero defeats matriarchy
In the Old French fabliau La Saineresse, a wife cuckolds her husband and then ingeniously describes that intimate affair to him in equivocal language. … Read the post La Saineresse displays malice toward cuckolded men
Medieval fabliaux and farces depict wives and husbands perpetrating domestic violence against each other. Story-tellers today are usually less truthful. … Read the post domestic violence in fabliaux and farce: medieval and modern
A medieval fabliau subverted the “kiss my ass” motif of matriarchy with a vigorous display of love between a low-born woman and man. … Read the post kiss my ass: struggle against matriarchy in medieval Europe
Matriarchy appears from the Panchatantra of ancient India to the tale of Aristotle and Phyllis in medieval Europe. Sexual power puts the woman on top. … Read the post Aristotle and Phyllis: matriarchy for millennia from India to France