Monks and priests like Bede (if we go purely by written evidence) thought women were more holy if they didn't have sex at all being a virgin was better than being married, for example. But that was as much about having sex with anyone as having sex with women. Indeed, Breguswith says as much in the book: be careful around the priests. I'm guessing that Roman Christians, being Pauline to the core, would have disapproved. I've seen no evidence that who you did or did not have sex with defined how women thought of themselves.Īctually, there's no evidence for anything, sexually, in early seventh-century northern Britain. I doubt they had such terms back then, though. I've seen no evidence that who you did or did …more Thank you! Nicola Griffith Thank you! Hild isn't lesbian/homosexual. She lives in Seattle with her wife, writer Kelley Eskridge, where she's working on the sequel to Hild, Menewood. Her Aud Torvingen novels are soonn to be rereleased in new editions. She is also the co-editor of the Bending the Landscape series of anthologies. Memorial Award, the World Fantasy Award, Premio Italia, six Lambda Literary Awards, and others.

Series: * Aud Torvingen Nicola Griffith has won the Washington State Book Award twice, the Nebula Award, the James Tiptree, Jr.

Nicola Griffith has won the Washington State Book Award twice, the Nebula Award, the James Tiptree, Jr.

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