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Journal of Medieval and Early Modern Studies 30:1, Winter 2000. Copyright © by Duke University Press / 2000 / $2.00. JMEMS30.1-03-Puff.41-62 12/21/99 4:32 PM Page 42 Previous investigations by feminists, literary critics, historians, and art historians have called our attention to the overarching â(in)signiï¬canceâ of lesbianism in cultures and societies of early modern Europe.3 The silence on lesbianism, once revealed, has inspired researchers to develop methodological approaches that make this silence audible or at least comprehensible. Ongoing research has brought to light a sparse but constant ï¬ow of material which has broadened our knowledge of how female sodomy was envisioned during the early modern period. 4 The court case of Katherina Hetzeldorfer will serve to unsettle even further âthe myth of lesbian impunity,â5 â(in)visibilityâ (Patricia Simons) or â(in)signiï¬canceâ (Valerie Traub) and shift our attention to the various sites where, despite the politics of silence, female sodomy became legible in a multitude of ways. One of the key locations where same-sex practices had to be articulated was the late medieval courtroom. In court records, secular authorities â that is, both city governments and territorial rulers, the main agents attempting to eliminate sodomy in the early modern periodâ represented verbally
Journal of Medieval and Early Modern Studies – Duke University Press
Published: Jan 1, 2000
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