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  • 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

Serlo of Wilton

failure of universities began in the twelfth century

From the 12th century, universities in Bologna, Paris & Oxford professionalized teaching. They repressed lively, idiosyncratic masters like Serlo of Wilton. … Read the post failure of universities began in the twelfth century

beloved woman as lovely as a flower

Resisting the common superlative “flower of flowers {flos florum},” a medieval poet insisted on his beloved women actually being as lovely as a flower. … Read the post beloved woman as lovely as a flower

medieval men’s sensitivity to sensuous impressions

While walking and thinking, medieval men were sensuously alive to the world’s beauty, especially beautiful women. They needed spiritual strength. … Read the post medieval men’s sensitivity to sensuous impressions

Serlo of Wilton shows medieval men’s love ambition

The 12th-century cleric Serlo of Wilton outdid Ovid in love poetry, then became a Cistercian monk. Serlo exemplifies medieval men’s passionate love. … Read the post Serlo of Wilton shows medieval men’s love ambition

unpleasant truth: some persons prefer jerks in love

That women prefer jerks is proverbial, but men also love abusive women. Medieval literature documents that the human heart is crooked. … Read the post unpleasant truth: some persons prefer jerks in love

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