Premodern Ruling Sexualities: Representation, Identity, and Power
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Premodern Ruling Sexualities: Representation, Identity, and Power
By (Author) Gabrielle Storey
Edited by Zita Eva Rohr
Manchester University Press
Manchester University Press
29th April 2026
United Kingdom
Classifications
General
Non Fiction
Literary studies: ancient, classical and medieval
Gender studies, gender groups
Sex and sexuality, social aspects
306.760862109
Physical Properties
Paperback
272
Width 156mm, Height 234mm
Description
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.
Author 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 historian of the late-medieval and early modern period, a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society, and a Chevalier in the Ordre des palmes academiques
