Tess Wingard
Biographic Data
| ID | 2326000 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Tess Wingard |
| GIVEN NAMES | Tess |
| FAMILY NAME | Wingard |
| SIGNATURE | WINGARD T |
| AFFILIATIONS | Trinity College Dublin |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-8273-7983 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 8 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 6 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2022 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Introduction
This article introduces the rationale for the special issue ‘The Medieval Church: From Margins to Centre’. It begins with a brief overview of the prior scholarship on medieval marginality which has informed the scope of this issue and its individual contributions. It then engages in a critical appraisal of the key concepts governing this issue, namely ‘the medieval church’ and ‘medieval marginalities’. Lastly, it outlines the contributions of eac…
Sexuality in Crisis
This essay explores the English church's programme of moral reform in response to recurrent outbreaks of plague in the period 1348–1400, drawing on chronicles, bishops’ registers, and sermon collections. It explores historical and sociological perspectives on the cultural framing of pandemic diseases as ‘moral crises’ in order to understand the ideological dynamics at work in the church’s response. It argues that the ecclesiastical hierarchy view…
Queering Medieval Latin Rhetoric
The Guild Book of the Barbers and Surgeons of York (British Library, Egerton MS 2572)
The Trans Middle Ages
This article reviews recent work on trans and intersex history in the European Middle Ages, locating it within the established historiography on medieval gender and sexuality. It begins by surveying the three overarching themes in prior historical research on medieval gender and sexuality: identity, community and repression. Then, it introduces the context of the transgender turn in medieval studies, beginning in the late 2010s, by charting the o…
The trial of Thomas Frogbrook
This article examines the gap between legal theory and practice regarding bestiality in late medieval England. It focuses on a microhistorical analysis of a 1520 trial heard in Chichester consistory court, integrating other archival documents, legislation and legal commentaries to illustrate local and national contexts. I argue first that personal enmity rather than a moralizing agenda was the primary motivating factor in this case, and second th…
The Trans Middle Ages
This article reviews recent work on trans and intersex history in the European Middle Ages, locating it within the established historiography on medieval gender and sexuality. It begins by surveying the three overarching themes in prior historical research on medieval gender and sexuality: identity, community and repression. Then, it introduces the context of the transgender turn in medieval studies, beginning in the late 2010s, by charting the o…
The trial of Thomas Frogbrook
This article examines the gap between legal theory and practice regarding bestiality in late medieval England. It focuses on a microhistorical analysis of a 1520 trial heard in Chichester consistory court, integrating other archival documents, legislation and legal commentaries to illustrate local and national contexts. I argue first that personal enmity rather than a moralizing agenda was the primary motivating factor in this case, and second th…
The Trans Middle Ages
This article reviews recent work on trans and intersex history in the European Middle Ages, locating it within the established historiography on medieval gender and sexuality. It begins by surveying the three overarching themes in prior historical research on medieval gender and sexuality: identity, community and repression. Then, it introduces the context of the transgender turn in medieval studies, beginning in the late 2010s, by charting the o…
The Guild Book of the Barbers and Surgeons of York (British Library, Egerton MS 2572)
Introduction
This article introduces the rationale for the special issue ‘The Medieval Church: From Margins to Centre’. It begins with a brief overview of the prior scholarship on medieval marginality which has informed the scope of this issue and its individual contributions. It then engages in a critical appraisal of the key concepts governing this issue, namely ‘the medieval church’ and ‘medieval marginalities’. Lastly, it outlines the contributions of eac…
Sexuality in Crisis
This essay explores the English church's programme of moral reform in response to recurrent outbreaks of plague in the period 1348–1400, drawing on chronicles, bishops’ registers, and sermon collections. It explores historical and sociological perspectives on the cultural framing of pandemic diseases as ‘moral crises’ in order to understand the ideological dynamics at work in the church’s response. It argues that the ecclesiastical hierarchy view…
Queering Medieval Latin Rhetoric
Reformation and Early Modern Christianity (4 works) · History (3 works) · Medieval Literature and History (3 works) · Classics (2 works) · Historical Studies on Reproduction, Gender, Health, and Societal Changes (2 works) · History (2 works) · Human sexuality (2 works) · Middle Ages (2 works) · Sociology (2 works) · Aesthetics (1 works)