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Janus Secundus

Janus Secundus (birth name Jan Everaerts) was born in 1511 in The Hague, Netherlands. He flourished as a so-called Neo-Latin poet from 1528 until his death in 1536. Secundus was a well-known and highly respected author in Europe in the sixteenth through eighteenth centuries. His most famous work Basia {Kisses} / Book of Kisses {Liber Basiorum} was first published in full posthumously in 1541. Secundus’s Basia shows the vitality of the classical Catullan tradition from Catullus’s time through the sixteenth century.

sex & gender trouble addressed with medieval creativity and tolerance

Medieval literature overcame sex and gender trouble with creativity and tolerance. Our intensely moralistic age needs medieval, rational moral priorities. … Read the post sex & gender trouble addressed with medieval creativity and tolerance

Catullus to Secundus, then fall to ignorance, bigotry & intolerance

Poems of incarnated love were an unbroken tradition from Catullus in pre-Christian Italy to Secundus in 16th-century Europe. Modern culture dies without it. … Read the post Catullus to Secundus, then fall to ignorance, bigotry & intolerance

Sir Gawain’s courtly manners & sexual dynamism transcend gyno-idolatry

In the Middle English romance Sir Gawain and The Carle of Carlisle, Gawain with courtly manners and sexual dynamism transcends gyno-idolatry for redemption. … Read the post Sir Gawain’s courtly manners & sexual dynamism transcend gyno-idolatry