Premodern Ruling Sexualities
Representation, identity, and power
Edited by Gabrielle Storey, Zita Eva Rohr
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This volume explores a range of premodern rulers and their depictions in historiography, literature, art and material culture to gain a broader understanding of their sexualities. It considers the methodologies and motivations of premodern writers and rulers when fashioning royal and elite sexualities and offers new analyses of an array of texts and artwork from across Europe and the wider Mediterranean.
Contributor Bio
Gabrielle Storey is a Historian of twelfth and thirteenth century queenship, gender, and sexuality and an Associate Fellow of the Royal Historical Society.
Zita Eva Rohr is a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society, Chevalier in the Ordre des palmes académiques.
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