This week I've wanted to explore the ways in which gender nonconformity did not always stand in contrast to religious fervour. In what ways could Eleanor Rykener - poor, female, and a sodomite - understand herself in the context of the divine?
Transgender Identities in the Medieval Past: Eleanor Rykener in Context
A Carnegie Trust Vacation Scholarship project exploring the transgender possibilities of Eleanor Rykener
This week I've wanted to explore the ways in which gender nonconformity did not always stand in contrast to religious fervour. In what ways could Eleanor Rykener - poor, female, and a sodomite - understand herself in the context of the divine?