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Period: 800 BCE to 600
Myth of Monstrous Others
DeVun, Shape of Sex -
322 BCE
Aristotle
DeVun, Shape of Sex -
25 BCE
Philo the Bishop
DeVun, Shape of Sex -
130
Irenaeus
DeVun, Shape of Sex -
Period: 200 to 600
The Literal Meaning of Genesis
DeVun, Shape of Sex -
Period: 201 to 600
On the Trinity
DeVun, Shape of Sex -
254
Origen of Alexandria
DeVun, Shape of Sex -
312
Domestication of Christianity in Roman Empire
DeVun, Shape of Sex -
395
Gregory of Nyssa
DeVun, Shape of Sex -
415
Literal Meaning of Genesis, Augustine of Hippo
DeVun, Shape of Sex -
417
On the Trinity, Augustine of Hippo
DeVun, Shape of Sex -
Period: 900 to 1500
Nature as teleological
Cadden, Nothing Natural is Shameful -
Period: 900 to 1500
Women as inferior
Medical and philosophical works connected women physiologically to passivity, defect, and insatiability Cadden, Nothing Natural is Shameful -
Period: 900 to 1500
Christian doctrine's incorporation of Aristotelian natural philosophy
Thinkers like Thomas Aquinas sought to incorporate Aristotle's ideas into Christian doctrine. Aquinas found that pleasures that lacked a providential purpose "posed a fundamental challenge to the logic of Christian teleology." Other thinkers did not reach such an extreme conclusion when adapting natural philosophy to Christianity. Cadden, Nothing Natural is Shameful -
Period: 900 to 1500
Condemnations of sodomy
Cadden, Nothing Natural is Shameful -
1037
Ibn Sina (Avicenna) 980-1037
Produced "the great synthesis of Galenic and Arabic medicine," which was translated into Latin in the twelfth century. Reformed to sodomitical practices using the term halubnathi Cadden, Nothing Natural is Shameful -
1096
The First Crusades
DeVun, Shape of Sex -
1147
2nd crusades (1147-1150)
DeVun, Shape of Sex -
1150
John of Salisbury
DeVun, Shape of Sex -
1197
Peter the Chanter
equating androgynes with sexual deviants DeVun, Shape of Sex -
1245
Alexander of Hales
DeVun, Shape of Sex -
1274
Thomas Aquinas 1225-1274
Interpreted Aristotle's Ethic's to support the idea that people cannot be trained to behave contrary to a fundamental aspect of human nature and that moral virtue only applies to areas of right conduct that can be ingrained by being practiced. -
1280
Albert the Great
DeVun, Shape of Sex -
1280
Albertus Magnus 1200-1280
One of the commentators on Aristotle's Ethics most committed to natural philosophy Cadden, Nothing Natural is Shameful -
1290
Violent expulsion of Jews from European Christian society
DeVun, Shape of Sex -
1292
Herfordshire case regarding the status of rape while intoxicated
Harris, Obscene Pedagogies -
1300
Mappamundi World Map
DeVun, Shape of Sex -
1300
"Ate ston casting my lemman I ches" song
Harris, Obscene Pedagogies -
Period: 1300 to 1500
Wide distribution of Metamorphoses poem by Ovid
DeVun, Shape of Sex -
Period: 1300 to 1500
Alchemy Texts show "Alchemical Hermaphrodite"
DeVun, Shape of Sex -
1306
Expulsion of Jews
DeVun, Shape of Sex -
1310
Templars tried for heresy
Jean de Jandun and Walter Burley both in Paris at the time when the University of Paris theologians tried the Templars for heresy, accusations featured sodomy -
1315
Pietro d'Abano, ca. 1250-1315
A physician from northern Italy and first Latin commentator on the Aristotle's Problemata. Interpreted Book IV problem 26 to reflect natural causes for sodomy Cadden, Nothing Natural is Shameful -
1320
James le Palmer's chapter Omne bonum
DeVun, Shape of Sex -
1322
Expulsion of Jews
DeVun, Shape of Sex -
1323
Sodomy trial of Arnaut de Verniolle
Arnaud de Verniolle testified in his own defense in a trial for sodomy in an ecclesiastical court in southern France Cadden, Nothing Natural is Shameful -
1330
Petrus Omnes Homines
DeVun, Shape of Sex -
1331
Perelada Catalan account of surgeon examining Berengaria
DeVun, Shape of Sex -
1338
Jean de Jandun, ca. 1285-1338
Voiced a desire for more commentary on Aristotle's Problemata and inspired Pietro d'Abano Cadden, Nothing Natural is Shameful -
1344
Walter Burley, ca. 1275-1344
Educated at Oxford, then taught at University of Paris from 1310-1326, followed by a position at the English royal court. Natural philosopher who write commentary on Aristotle's Problemata on men who enjoy the passive role in sex. In his commentary on Book IV, Burley wrote "nothing natural is shameful." Cadden, Nothing Natural is Shameful -
1350
Bartolomeo de Messina, mid-13th century
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1350
Black Death
Harris, Obscene Pedagogies -
1394
Expulsion of Jews
DeVun, Shape of Sex -
1400
Canterbury tales compiled, 1378-1400
Harris, Obscene Pedagogies -
1405
Evart de Conty, ca. 1330-1405
A physician by training, worked as a translator in the court of French King Charles V as part of Charle's larger project of sponsoring translations of works from antiquity. Connected metaphors from The Romance of the Rose to his commentary on Book IV, problema 26. Cadden, Nothing Natural is Shameful -
1405
Case of Isabella Gronowessone punishing a rapist
Harris, Obscene Pedagogies -
1450
"Off servyng men I wyll begyne" carol
Harris, Obscene Pedagogies -
1450
BL MS Additional 35286, 1430-1450
from a copy of the Canterbury Tales, censoring the reeve's tale Harris, Obscene Pedagogies -
1450
Lyarde poem, 1430-1450
Harris, Obscene Pedagogies -
1452
George of Trebizon translates Problemata
Humanist translator of Aristotle's Problemata in 1452, a translation to which he added glosses ("scholia") -
1454
Theodore Gaza translates Problemata
Humanist translator of Aristotle's Problemata Cadden, Nothing Natural is Shameful -
1460
Portuguese arrive on Gold Coast (late 15c)
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1473
Aristotle's Problemata first available in print
Theodore Gaza's edition was the first print edition of Aristotle's Problemata Cadden, Nothing Natural is Shameful -
1500
"And I war a maydyn" song
Harris, Obscene Pedagogies -
1500
"If I be wanton I wott well why" song
Harris, Obscene Pedagogies -
1507
Dunbar's "Tretis of the Tua Mariit Wemen and the Wedo"
Harris, Obscene Pedagogies -
1510
"The Bella" chorus song
Harris, Obscene Pedagogies -
1510
"Ritson Manuscript," 1460-1510
Harris, Obscene Pedagogies -
1535
"The Pastourelles of the Welles" Anthology, 1522-1535
Harris, Obscene Pedagogies -
1536
Lyndsay's "Answer to the Kingis Flyting"
Harris, Obscene Pedagogies -
1542
James V rules Scotland, 1512-1542
Harris, Obscene Pedagogies -
1546
Marrium and Agnus Flyting
Harris, Obscene Pedagogies -
1547
Henry VIII ruled England, 1491-1547
Harris, Obscene Pedagogies -
1550
Ashmole 176
Mostly compiled in the 1520s, copied together between 1525-1550 Harris, Obscene Pedagogies -
1563
Bannatyne Manuscript, 1565-1568
Harris, Obscene Pedagogies -
1582
"The Flying betwixt Montgomerie and Powart"
Harris, Obscene Pedagogies -
Mary, Queen of Scots rules Scotland, 1542-1587
Harris, Obscene Pedagogies -
William Davis recorded his impressions sailing to Algiers
Sailed on Francis of Saltash
"These Turks are goodly people of person, and of a very fair complexion, but very villains in mind, for they are altogether sodomites" LaFleur, The Natural History -
Portuguese accounts of "stranger marriages" in place prior to European contact
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Tudor Period, 1485-1603
Harris, Obscene Pedagogies -
Printing of A Collection of Voyages and Travels
Included William Davis's narrative LaFleur, The Natural History -
James VI rules Scotland, 1567-1625
Harris, Obscene Pedagogies -
English invasion of Jamaica
Newman, Dark Inheritance -
King Charles II proclamation encouraging British colonization of Jamaica
Newman, Dark Inheritance -
Jamaican Slave Act
based on 1661 Barbados Slave act
detailed accepted punishment for enslaved people Newman, Dark Inheritance -
Execution of Benjamin Gold for bestiality
LaFleur, The Natural History -
Samuel Danforth delivered sermon The Cry of Sodomy Enquired Into
delivered upon the sad occasion of execution Benjamin Goad, 17-year-old boy put to death for bestiality LaFleur, The Natural History -
Cotton Mather, Pillars of Salt: An History of Some criminals Executed in this Land, for Capital Crimes
LaFleur, The Natural History -
Gallows literature penning in North American colonies
by Cotton Mather LaFleur, The Natural History -
Joseph Hanno killed his wife
Found guilty and executed for "lust" LaFleur, The Natural History -
Cotton Mather delivered execution sermon
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Maroon War 1730-1739
between escaped enslaved people ("Maroons") and British colonizers of Jamaica
continuous conflict somewhat destabilized British colonial control Newman, Dark Inheritance -
Jamaican Voting Act
denied free people of color voting rights and established legal standardizations for hereditary racial status Newman, Dark Inheritance -
Jamaican law requiring badges for free Black and mixed race people
Newman, Dark Inheritance -
Carl von Linne, System Naturae
Introduced a broad taxonomic system for the categorization of the organic world
Offers descriptions of humankind based on origins LaFleur, The Natural History -
Carl von Linne, Genera plantarum
sexual system of botanical taxonomy LaFleur, The Natural History -
John Mitchell, Essay Upon the Causes of the different Colours of People in Different Climates
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Letter on the blind for the Use of Those Who See published
by Denis Diderot Herzog, Unlearning Eugenics -
Jewish Naturalization Bill
gave British Jewish citizens same rights as other white British
largely disregarded in Jamaica and Jews in Jamaica were still considered non-white Newman, Dark Inheritance -
British Marriage Act
required formal ceremony for marriage Newman, Dark Inheritance -
Carl von Linne, Species plantarum
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Tenth edition of Systema Naturae
grown in size, from 12 pages to a 2-volume, 1,300-page work LaFleur, The Natural History -
Tacky's Revolt
large uprising of enslaved people against white enslavers in Jamaica
over 500 people died Newman, Dark Inheritance -
Devises Act
redefined legal parameters of whiteness
person would only be white if they could prove and document at least 4 generations removed from non-white ancestor Newman, Dark Inheritance -
Deborah Sampson signs up for Continental Army, 1780s
joined as "Robert Shurtliff"
example of cross-dressing in colonial America and Atlantic world LaFleur, The Natural History -
Consolidated Slave Act
limited corporal punishment on enslaved people
plan to convert enslaved people to Christianity Newman, Dark Inheritance -
Samuel Stanhope Smith, Essay on the Causes of the Variety of Complexion and Figure in the Human Species
LaFleur, The Natural History -
Execution of Joseph Mountain, 1790s
LaFleur, The Natural History -
Sketches of the Life of Joseph Mountain
LaFleur, The Natural History -
Rebellion of Trelawny Maroons
destabilized British colonial control in Jamaica Newman, Dark Inheritance -
Period of company rule on Gold Coast (1800-1822)
Ray, Crossing the Color Line -
British Slave Trade Abolition Act
ended Britain's involvement in the transatlantic slave trade Newman, Dark Inheritance -
Municipal government of Boston defines "vice" in spatial terms
Josiah Quincy = eradicating vice just as important for urban planning as it was for the individual soul La Fleur, The Natural History -
Period: to
Anglo-Asante Wars
Ray, Crossing the Color Line -
Period of company rule in Gold Coast (1828-1843)
Ray, Crossing the Color Line -
Act of 1830
gave free people of color in Jamaica all the privileges previously only possessed by white population Newman, Dark Inheritance -
diaphragm invented
by Dr. Wilhelm Mensinga Herzog, Unlearning Eugenics -
Horatio Bridge says that Europeans on the Gold Coast "all have Native wives"
Ray, Crossing the Color Line -
Native Ordinance Jurisdiction
Ray, Crossing the Color Line -
Marriage Ordinance
standardizes "European" aka monogamous marriage on the Gold Coast Ray, Crossing the Color Line -
Asante officially "defeated" and brought under British Colonial Rule
Ray, Crossing the Color Line -
Governor Rodger's anti-concubinage circular bans interracial concubinage
Ray, Crossing the Color Line -
Governor Sadler's anti-concubinage circular
Ray, Crossing the Color Line -
Lord Crewe's anti-concubinage circular
Ray, Crossing the Color Line -
British Race Riots
Ray, Crossing the Color Line -
Contraception legal restrictions in France
Herzog, Unlearning Eugenics -
Gold Coast press criticizes European exploitation of African women (1920s-1930s)
Ray, Crossing the Color Line -
"Curative Education" developed in Germany
by Rudolf Steiner Herzog, Unlearning Eugenics -
Lord Crewe's circular "quietly forgotten" among Gold Coast colony
Ray, Crossing the Color Line -
Aletta Jacobs, first female doctor in Netherlands
promoted diaphragm use among Dutch working classes Herzog, Unlearning Eugenics -
Contraception legal restrictions in fascist Italy
Herzog, Unlearning Eugenics -
Nazi Germany, 1933-1945
Herzog, Unlearning Eugenics -
Law for the Prevention of Hereditarily Diseases Offspring, Germany
Nazi law Herzog, Unlearning Eugenics -
Lord Crewe's circular officially stops circulating
Despite this, concubinage still illegal until 1957 Ray, Crossing the Color Line -
Austria invaded by Nazis
Herzog, Unlearning Eugenics -
Camphill Movement, Scotland
by Karl König Herzog, Unlearning Eugenics -
Contraception legal restrictions in Nazi Germany
through 1960s Herzog, Unlearning Eugenics -
Religious protests against Action Merciful Death, Germany
Herzog, Unlearning Eugenics -
Maternal Health Indication, Switzerland
allowed for some legal abortion Herzog, Unlearning Eugenics -
Interracial marriage "epidemic" on the Gold Coast (1944-45)
Ray, Crossing the Color Line -
Restrictions against contraceptive information in Italy
Herzog, Unlearning Eugenics -
The Second Sex
by Simone de Beauvoir Herzog, Unlearning Eugenics -
Expansion of Camphill Movement, Scotland
Herzog, Unlearning Eugenics -
West German court ruling against contraception
Herzog, Unlearning Eugenics -
Interracial marriage increasingly common in post-colonial Ghana (late 1950s-early 1960s)
Ray, Crossing the Color Line -
Ghana gains independence from Great Britain
Ray, Crossing the Color Line -
Decriminalization of abortion starts in Europe
Herzog, Unlearning Eugenics -
Sexual Revolution starts
Western Europe, affected abortion laws and conversations Herzog, Unlearning Eugenics -
Anglican commission reflections, UK
thalidomide birth defects in mind when saying abortion a "moral" option Herzog, Unlearning Eugenics -
L'Arche movement founding, France
Herzog, Unlearning Eugenics -
Abortion legalized in Britain
Herzog, Unlearning Eugenics -
Contraception legalized in France
Herzog, Unlearning Eugenics -
International League of Societies for the Mentally Handicapped meeting
now known as Inclusion International Herzog, Unlearning Eugenics -
Disability Rights Movement starts
1970s-90s, radical movement, western European nations Herzog, Unlearning Eugenics -
Survey of West Germans
80% of Catholics approve of abortion on grounds of fetal anomaly Herzog, Unlearning Eugenics -
UN Declaration on the Rights of Mentally Retarded Persons
Herzog, Unlearning Eugenics -
Der Spiegel abortion stance, Germany
"glib disgust" about 15% of doctors agreeing women should not have a choice to give birth to fetuses with disabilities Herzog, Unlearning Eugenics -
Abortion decriminalized in easter European states
Herzog, Unlearning Eugenics -
Anti-Oedipus: Capitalism and Schizophrenia
by Gilles Deleuze and Félix Guattari Herzog, Unlearning Eugenics -
Abortion legalized in France
Herzog, Unlearning Eugenics -
Abortion partially legalized in West Germany
Herzog, Unlearning Eugenics -
Abortion legalized in Italy
Herzog, Unlearning Eugenics -
Practical Ethics
by Peter Singer Herzog, Unlearning Eugenics -
Cristoph hits Nazi with crutch, Germany
Nazi = Karl Carstens, at a government festival in Düsseldorf Herzog, Unlearning Eugenics -
"Year of the Disabled"
UN declaration Herzog, Unlearning Eugenics -
"Euthanasia" in the National Socialists State: The "Extermination of Life Unworthy of Life"
Ernst Klee Herzog, Unlearning Eugenics -
"Sanctity of Life or Quality of Life?" essay
Peter Singer Herzog, Unlearning Eugenics -
Should the Baby Live?
Peter Singer -
Gender: Disabled, Special Characteristic: Woman, Germany
book of essays compiled by feminist members of the "cripple movement" -
Chernobyl nuclear reactor explosion, USSR
Herzog, Unlearning Eugenics -
Green Party abortion hearings in the Bundestag, Germany
Herzog, Unlearning Eugenics -
Enrst Klee's publication in Die Zeit against Peter Singer
Herzog, Unlearning Eugenics -
Fall of Berlin wall
Herzog, Unlearning Eugenics -
Epistemology of the Closet
Eve Sedgwick Herzog, Unlearning Eugenics -
Nazi Germany reframed as "the racial state"
by historians Michael Burleigh and Wolfgang Wippermann Herzog, Unlearning Eugenics -
Collapse of Communism in easter Europe
Herzog, Unlearning Eugenics -
Decriminalization of abortion for mother's health in Germany
Herzog, Unlearning Eugenics -
Law decriminalizing abortion in Germany voided
Herzog, Unlearning Eugenics -
Law to unify Germany
Herzog, Unlearning Eugenics -
One of Us movement founded
defends protection protection of every fertilized egg as though a citizen Herzog, Unlearning Eugenics -
European Parliament pro-abortion vote
encouraged all members to legalize abortion, passed narrowly Herzog, Unlearning Eugenics -
"Open Letter to the President of the Republic on Citizens in a Situation of Handicapped for the Use of Those Who Are and of Those Who Are Not"
by Julia Kristeva, French psychoanalyst and government-appointed disability rights spokesperson Herzog, Unlearning Eugenics -
UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
Herzog, Unlearning Eugenics -
"Abortion Makes You Free" slogan, Italy
Italian antiabortion protestors based this slogan on Nazi's "work makes you free" slogan during Holocaust Herzog, Unlearning Eugenics -
Legal abortion restrictions end in Germany
based on disability rights on grounds of fetal disability Herzog, Unlearning Eugenics -
Germany imposes restrictions for later-trimester abortions
Herzog, Unlearning Eugenics -
Equality Act of Britain
Herzog, Unlearning Eugenics -
Liberalization of abortion law in Spain
Herzog, Unlearning Eugenics -
Luigi De Marchi, Italy
Italian psychologist, supporter of pill -
"Women Deserve Better than Abortion" slogan, Belgium
Herzog, Unlearning Eugenics -
Voting rights for disabled and psychiatrically ill a formal agenda item
European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights Herzog, Unlearning Eugenics -
Legal abortion restrictions enacted in Hungary
based on disability rights Herzog, Unlearning Eugenics -
Restriction of abortion access in Hungary
Herzog, Unlearning Eugenics -
Legal abortion restrictions enacted in Spain
based on disability rights Herzog, Unlearning Eugenics -
European Court of Human Rights ruling
against Italy's law that prevented screening of IVF embryos Herzog, Unlearning Eugenics -
Grünenthal Group apologizes for thalidomide birth defects, Germany
Herzog, Unlearning Eugenics -
Stop Eugenics Now declaration
Herzog, Unlearning Eugenics -
Legal abortion restrictions enacted in UK
based on disability rights Herzog, Unlearning Eugenics -
Living Otherwise
by Duncan Mercieca Herzog, Unlearning Eugenics -
Attempted restriction of abortions in Spain
Herzog, Unlearning Eugenics -
Report on Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights, Europe
European Parliament rejected this call for supporting sexual and reproductive freedom and education Herzog, Unlearning Eugenics -
Inquiry into Abortion in the Grounds of Disability
made by the British Parliament Herzog, Unlearning Eugenics -
Loneliness and Its Opposite, Denmark and Sweden
book by Don Kulick and Jens Rydström on sex and disability Herzog, Unlearning Eugenics -
Legal abortion restrictions enacted in Poland
based on disability rights Herzog, Unlearning Eugenics -
Pan-European Forum hosted by One of US, France
Herzog, Unlearning Eugenics -
Brooke Newman, A Dark Inheritance published
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Herzog, Unlearning Eugenics published
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Leah DeVun, Shape of Sex published