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
Women historically were not men’s property to be traded among men for marriage. Medieval European women chose whether they would marry particular men. … Read the post not men’s property: medieval women chose whether & whom to marry
With cultural sophistication, the Tale of Attaf comically depicts Attaf laying down his wife for his friend Ja’far after Ja’far grew tired of Attaf’s love. … Read the post friendship: weeping & laughing in the medieval Arabic tale of Attaf
The medieval chantefable Aucassin et Nicolette complicates gender’s essential ambiguity and heteronormativity. It’s essential for meninist literary study. … Read the post questioning masculinities: medieval chantefable Aucassin et Nicolette