Gay love

[frualeydis]

I'm working on my lecture on same sex sexuality in the middle ages at this year's medieval week; it's coming along nicely. I need to read some more though and yesterday I borrowed a heap of books and articles on the history of homosexuality.

Comments

[snowywolfowl.livejournal.com]

I'm curious as to what you discover. Considering from what little I "know" homosexuality in those times was strongly frowned upon (to the point of carrying a death sentence if caught) I'd be interested in hearing or reading this lecture sometime.

[frualeydis.livejournal.com]

Though the repression always and the persecution sometimes were horrible this is one of the soruces we have: court trials, penitentiaries, attacks by clerics etc. From the later middle ages and the renaissance there is, however, for example some rather overt, male homosexual poetry.

/Eva

[snowywolfowl.livejournal.com]

"From the later middle ages and the renaissance there is, however, for example some rather overt, male homosexual poetry."


From Sweden, or from the renaissance in general? I've never thought of Sweden as having a major literary tradition, let alone one of erotic poetry but then again the only Swedish words I know other than "thank you" are hockey player names and airplanes built by Saab.

If Sweden did have a major literary tradition who influenced and who did it influence? I'm curious. Thanks.

[frualeydis.livejournal.com]

No, no italian. It's not a lecture about Sweden.

/Eva

[snowywolfowl.livejournal.com]

Ok. That helps clarify a few things then. Although if it had of been Swedish stuff I'd have happily accepted it. Did Christina's behaviour help build or break barriers on that in the mid 17th, or was she just generally written off as being a bit odd?