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The (Sex) Lives of Fair and Gallant Women The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast - Episode 155 with Heather Rose Jones

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
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• 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)