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Highlights

  • Abelard castrated
  • Byzantine wife saves husband
  • Amphitryon & Geta duped
  • Chastelaine de Vergi tragedy
  • Aristotle’s advice to Alexander
  • Empress Theodora: woman leader
  • Tristan & Isuet
  • Xanthippe & Socrates
  • New Modern Sexism Scale

men’s sexed protest

crapping crows, laying eggs & medieval masculine difference

A masculine medieval Latin story of crapping crows became in later French literature a story of laying eggs. That’s feminizing literary development. … Read the post crapping crows, laying eggs & medieval masculine difference

Celestina: heroine of the first European novel

The pioneering Spanish novel Celestina, written in 1499, remains “as fresh and relevant a work of fiction as if it had been written today.” … Read the post Celestina: heroine of the first European novel

understanding the misery of sexless and married men

The medieval masterpiece De miseria humanae conditionis recognized the natural burden of men’s lustful nature and the misery of sexless and married men. … Read the post understanding the misery of sexless and married men

is Tretis of the Tua Mariit Wemen and the Wedo anti-meninist?

The amazingly abusive late-medieval Scottish masterpiece Tretis of the Tua Mariit Wemen and the Wedo raises questions about anti-meninism and antifeminism. … Read the post is Tretis of the Tua Mariit Wemen and the Wedo anti-meninist?

De coniuge non ducenda: angels save Gawain from marriage

De coniuge non ducenda, a Latin work of men’s sex protest written between 1225 and 1250, tells how three angels saved Gawain from marriage. … Read the post De coniuge non ducenda: angels save Gawain from marriage

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