History 2181A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Courtly Love, Early Christianity, Physical Body
10 Apr 2020
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Lecture 2: the christian foundations of sexuality (part 2): background: the scientific evolution of. Medieval/middle ages: the 10th century to the 15th century (loose) Theme #1: transition from economic unions to romantic love. The backlash of the church to courtly love: sex outside of marriage was not deemed sinful in courtly love, the church said sex was only to occur within marriage. 2 year penance for masturbation, 3 year penance for adultery or incest, Time of a lot of social and sexual contradictions. Public life and civic duty: courtly love did not exist anymore (feminine love) based on romance and emotion, renaissance masculine, rationality. European witch craze (15th-16th century: scapegoating of women who performed any kind of deviant behaviour including sexual deviance. History 2181a: these women are rebelling against the gender norms that say women are. Period: laws of sodomy became more frequently policed, regulated, and prosecuted in the renaissance.
