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Record Number:
4008
Author(s)/Creator(s):
Frantzen , Allen J.
Contributor(s):
Title:
Where the Boys Are: Same-Sex Relations in the Anglo-Saxon Penitentials
Source:
Old English Newsletter 29, 3 (Spring 1996):
Description:
Article Type:
Conference Paper Abstract
Subject
(See Also)
:
Children
Homosexuality
Penitential Books
Sexuality
Award Note:
Geographic Area:
British Isles
Century:
10-11
Primary Evidence:
Illustrations:
Table:
Abstract:
The Anglo-Saxon penitentials are a rich source of information about children in the period. My paper categorizes references to children in four categories: children mentioned as the consequence of unlawful intercourse; the care of infants; sex acts involving children; and miscellaneous non-sexual acts. A total of thirteen canons describe sex acts involving children; six of these are heterosexual, seven homosexual. A number of the homosexual acts involve young boys and older boys, or young boys and men. I look closely at these canons in particular and consider them in the light of Foucault's comments, in "The Uses of Pleasure," on sexual relations between men and boys in ancient Greece [Reproduced by permission of Robert Schicler, the “Abstracts of Papers in Anglo-Saxon Studies” editor, and the editors of the “Old English Newsletter.”].
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Author's Affiliation:
Loyola University, Chicago
Conference Info:
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Year of Publication:
1996.
Language:
English
ISSN/ISBN:
00301973