The (Sex) Lives of Fair and Gallant Women - The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast Episode 155
2020-10-16
The (Sex) Lives of Fair and Gallant Women
The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast - Episode 155 with Heather Rose Jones
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A glimpse into same-sex relations in 16th century France through the salacious memoirs of the Seigneur de Brantôme
In this episode we talk about:
- Brantôme’s purpose in discussing lesbian sex at the French court
- What Brantôme tells us about familiarity with classical sources on female homosexuality
- 16th century French vocabulary and slang about lesbian sex
- How do weasels come into it?
- Books mentioned
- Brantôme (Pierre de Bourdeille, seigneur de Brantôme). 1740. Vies des Dames Galantes. Garnier Frères, Libraires-Éditeurs, Paris. (via Project Gutenberg)
- Lives of fair and gallant ladies by Brantôme, Pierre de Bourdeille, seigneur de, d. 1614; Allinson, A. R. (Alfred Richard) (via archive.org)
- Merrick, Jeffrey & Bryant T. Ragan, Jr. 2001. Homosexuality in Early Modern France: A Documentary Collection. Oxford University Press, New York. ISBN 0-19-510257-6
- This podcast is adapted from LHMP entry #199 here: Brantôme 1740 Vies des Dames Galantes
- For more information on Brantôme, see his Wikipedia entry
A transcript of this podcast is available here.
Links to the Lesbian Historic Motif Project Online
- Website: http://alpennia.com/lhmp
- Blog: http://alpennia.com/blog
- RSS: http://alpennia.com/blog/feed/
- Twitter: @LesbianMotif
- Discord: Contact Heather for an invitation to the Alpennia/LHMP Discord server
- The Lesbian Historic Motif Project Patreon
Links to Heather Online
- Website: http://alpennia.com
- Email: Heather Rose Jones
- Twitter: @heatherosejones
- Facebook: Heather Rose Jones (author page)
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