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Category Archives: Week 6: From Ancient to Renaissance Italy
Stay Silent If You Want To Live
The tale of Sister Benedetta, a lesbian nun in Italy in the early 1600s is a warning to all people who are too open about who they are in a world where they know they cannot be accepted. Benedetta Caralini … Continue reading
Gender Norms in the Renaissance in Relation to Sex
The Case of Sister Benedetta Carlini showcased the rare example of a woman being prosecuted for same-sex relations in the 17th century. The reason her sexual relationship with a fellow nun was considered taboo and shameful was because it deviated … Continue reading
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Renaissance: Similar to Modern and Greek Society
Despite not using labels such as homosexual, bisexual, and heterosexual, the Renaissance society contained stereotypes and expectations of people who desired people of the same sex and the person who is desired. Even though they were separated by centuries, there … Continue reading
Bad Fetishes Make Bad Leaders
Suetonius was a second century C.E. historian who wrote biographies about the first twelve Roman emperors (Hubbard, 2003). As part of this he described the worst of the sexual habits of Emperors Caesar, Tiberius, and Nero. Romans harshly judged men … Continue reading
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Not Praying The Gay Away
Throughout the renaissance period, rulers determined that their region would be ruled by the church and all the citizens had to abide by it. As a result, there were strict laws imposed on what was allowed and what was not … Continue reading
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Sexual Habits of the Emperors
Suetonius describes the sexual habits of the emperors in his anecdotes primarily to discredit their actions as a ruler and to mock their desires. He also does this to assert that a lack of sexual control on their parts would … Continue reading
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Tibullus vs Theognis
This week’s readings brought up Tibullus’ love poems which have a lot of similarities and differences with Theognis’ verses, that ultimately show how same sex desires were portrayed in Rome and Greece. Some of the similarities that can be seen … Continue reading
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Same-sex desire and social class: assertions of power in the Renaissance
In the Roman Empire, sexuality was not labeled as homosexual or heterosexual. Instead, the Romans regarded sex as more of a display of gender roles. There was the penetrator and the penetrated, and often the penetrator used sex as an … Continue reading
