Gay medieval

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The Hidden Queer History He sent me the eggplant emoji The 11th and 12th centuries had an active gay scene. It was never officially accepted, and always met with disapproval from the Church, though it is surprising how mild the disapproval was. Over the course of the 13th century secular and ecclesiastical disapproval increased until — in the 14th and 15th centuries — same-sex acts were punishable by death, and accusations of same-sex acts became a political tool used against rivals and heretics.

Homosexuality in the Middle One might assume same-gender desire is at odds with historical Christianity, but the medieval past offers potent glimmers of queer community.

Homosexuality in the Middle

Learn about the history and laws surrounding homosexuality in Medieval Europe.

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    • Homosexuality in medieval Europe
      Abstract Homosexuality in the Middle Ages long remained virtually unexplored. All that the pioneer investigators of the pre­Hitler period, Xavier Mayne [pseudonym of Edward Irenaeus Prime­ Stevenson], The Intersexes (), Magnus Hirschfeld, Die Homosexualität des Mannes und des Weibes (), and Arlindo Camillo Monteiro, Amor sáfico e socrático (), had to say on the entire period.

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    Despite the overwhelmingly Catholic influence of the medieval period, there is a strong queer history to be understood and illuminated about the middle ages. As in all ages before and since, queer people were born, queer desire ignited, and queer literature was written, all while under the unflinchingly heterocentric rule of the Catholic church.

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  • Gay sex has long been a sport and a pastime for many cultures, but the medieval period was an especially interesting moment in queer history.

    • Homosexuality in Medieval Europe From the same-sex love of certain early medieval Christian clerics and the romantic poetry of Al Andalus, to saints and warrior queens who crossed gender boundaries, it's clear that (broadest sense) 'queer' people existed in the early medieval period in Europe, as they have existed in all human societies throughout history.

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