Mothers throughout history have pressured their daughters to have career success. The orphan Athenaïs in the medieval romance Eracle had a different parent. … Read the post Eracle’s annunciation to Athenaïs in relational and cultural context
In the medieval Roman d’Eneas, Lavinia’s mother threatened to kill her if she loved Aeneas instead of Turnus and described Aeneas as a wretched Sodomite. … Read the post Lavinia’s love for Aeneas began with her mother’s murderous threat
While Roman Empress Messalina is famed for her sexuality, Charlemagne’s peer Oliver outdid her with a Byzantine princess in the Pilgrimage of Charlemagne. … Read the post Charlemagne’s peer Oliver outdid Emperor Claudius’s wife Messalina
The medieval romance Flamenca poignantly depicts jealousy and love through Archimbaut & Guillem. Flamenca critiques conventional gender-biased courtly love. … Read the post Flamenca: medieval romance of Archimbaut & her husband Guillem
The medieval chantefable Aucassin et Nicolette complicates gender’s essential ambiguity and heteronormativity. It’s essential for meninist literary study. … Read the post the question of masculinities in Aucassin et Nicolette