Professor Edith Hall
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We can find medieval lesbians and joy in medieval lesbian activities in such places as mystic texts, where female saints call Jesus their mother, then suckle from his side as breastfeeding before crawling into the open vaginal-shaped wound. One such woman was Catherine of Siena.
She describes climbing Christ's body that has been clearly transformed into a feminized creation as he possesses her and presses her to his breast and the opening there. We know that the church and theologians were concerned about the possibilities of women being with other women in a sexual manner.
She describes climbing Christ's body that has been clearly transformed into a feminized creation as he possesses her and presses her to his breast and the opening there. We know that the church and theologians were concerned about the possibilities of women being with other women in a sexual manner.
Elred of Vervaux, who wrote a letter to his sister in Anchorus, cautioned her against teaching young women because she would clearly be enraptured by them and want to kiss them. St. Augustine wrote a similar letter to his sister. So there are deep concerns about these women today.
Elred of Vervaux, who wrote a letter to his sister in Anchorus, cautioned her against teaching young women because she would clearly be enraptured by them and want to kiss them. St. Augustine wrote a similar letter to his sister. So there are deep concerns about these women today.
Therefore, we know that they exist, that they're out there, and we really need to keep looking more completely into this history so that we don't foreclose the possibilities of a long history of women who loved other women.
Therefore, we know that they exist, that they're out there, and we really need to keep looking more completely into this history so that we don't foreclose the possibilities of a long history of women who loved other women.
Thank you. It was awesome.
Thank you. It was awesome.