Medieval literature shows that individual women are capable of meeting men’s sexual needs and showing concern for men’s health and well-being. … Read the post transcending legal constraints to meet men’s sexual needs
Libro de buen amor mocks men’s crazy worldly woman-service with its story of two lazy suitors competing in laziness to marry a lady. … Read the post two lazy suitors compete in laziness to marry a lady
Libro de buen amor’s broad, dialectical vision of love is filled with sexual innuendo amid yearning for marriage. … Read the post sexual innuendo: rising for marriage in Libro de buen amor
Libro de buen amor and Solomon and Marcolf are hybrid literature in structure and content across Hebrew/Arabic and Christian European literatures. … Read the post culturally hybrid literature in medieval Europe
A prayer for release from incarceration has survived as the beginning stanzas in the 14th-century Spanish work Libro de buen amor. … Read the post prayer for release from incarceration in Libro de buen amor