Courtly Site » Sex https://courtlysite.eu Sun, 20 Jul 2014 23:05:38 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.9.2 Inside Medieval Mind: Sex by Robert Bartlett https://courtlysite.eu/?p=141&utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=inside-medieval-mind-sex https://courtlysite.eu/?p=141#comments Fri, 18 Apr 2014 23:43:49 +0000 https://courtlysite.eu/?p=141 courtly love documentaryLeading authority on the Middle Ages, Professor Robert Bartlett presents a series which examines the way we thought during medieval times. He unearths remarkable evidence of the complex passions of medieval men and women. The Church preached hatred of the flesh, promoted the cult of virginity and condemned woman as the sinful heir to Eve. Yet this was the era that gave birth to the idea of romantic love. (BBC)

Robert tells the tragic story of the real life lovers Abelard and Héloise – Abelard the great scholar, Héloise the niece of a canon at the Cathedral of Notre Dame. Their love letters from the 12th century are astonishing in their frankness, passion and willingness to break conventions. (OpenUniversity)

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