Appel à contribution: “Making the beast with two backs: love, sex and relationships in the Renaissance”, date limite le 6 février
Affairs of the heart have been afflicting men and women around the world for thousands of years, and the early modern period was certainly no different. Often when we think of love and sexual relationships during that time in Europe, we tend to imagine a (largely) Christian society, in which men and women married primarily in order to procreate. Although this is accurate to a certain extent, the reality was much more interesting and varied...