Same-Sex Sexuality in Later Medieval English Culture (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9789089646293)

This volume investigates the state of same-sex relations in later medieval England, drawing on a remarkably rich array of primary sources from the period that include legal documents, artworks, theological treatises, and poetry. Tom Linkinen uses those sources to build a framework of medieval condemnations of same-sex intimacy and desire and then shows how same-sex sexuality reflected - and was inflected by - gender hierarchies, approaches to crime, and the conspicuous silence on the matter in the legal systems of the period.

Author: Tom Linkinen
ISBN-10: 9089646299
ISBN-13: 9789089646293
Publisher: Routledge
Language: English
Published: 04/15/2015
Pages: 334
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.40lbs
Size: 9.30h x 6.10w x 0.90d