#49: The Once and Future Sex: Going Medieval on Women’s Roles in Society with Eleanor Janega

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Eleanor's current research focuses on the conceptualisation of sex and its influence on society in the medieval and early modern period. She speacialises in sexuality, propaganda, apocalypticism, urbanity, and empire, in the late medieval and early modern periods, with a particular emphasis on Bohemia and the Holy Roman Empire. She holds a PhD in History and an MA in Medieval Studies from University College London, and a BA in History from Loyola University Chicago. I spoke to her about her...