Premodern Ruling Sexualities

Gabrielle Storey

ISBN 10: 1526195801 / ISBN 13: 9781526195807

Published by Manchester University Press, GB, 2026

About this Item

This volume explores a range of premodern rulers and their depictions in historiography, literature, art and material culture to gain a broader understanding of their sexualities. It considers the methodologies and motivations of premodern writers and rulers when fashioning royal and elite sexualities and offers new analyses of an array of texts and artwork from across Europe and the wider Mediterranean.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Premodern Ruling Sexualities
• Publisher: Manchester University Press, GB
• Publication Date: 2026
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1526195801
• ISBN 13: 9781526195807
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: New
• Weight: 387 grams

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Synopsis

This volume explores a range of premodern rulers and their depictions in historiography, literature, art and material culture to gain a broader understanding of their sexualities. It considers the methodologies and motivations of premodern writers and rulers when fashioning royal and elite sexualities and offers new analyses of an array of texts and artwork from across Europe and the wider Mediterranean.

About the Author

Gabrielle Storey is a historian of monarchy, gender, and sexuality, and an Associate Fellow of the Royal Historical Society

Zita Eva Rohr is a historian of the late medieval and early modern period, an honorary research fellow in the Department of History and Archaeology at Macquarie University, Sydney, a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society, and a Chevalier in the Ordre des Palmes Académiques