François·e Charmaille
Biographic Data
| ID | 5988077 |
|---|---|
| NAME | François·e Charmaille |
| GIVEN NAMES | François·e |
| FAMILY NAME | Charmaille |
| SIGNATURE | CHARMAILLE F |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Cambridge |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-9896-3435 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 2 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 4 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2021 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
The Contingent Middle Ages
Nonbeenary gender
At the interface of grammar and nature, bees served as a figure of transgender identification for monks in England, France, and Germany circa 800–1070. Monks recognised bees as essential nonhuman participants in monastic life. Bees were associated with chastity, and communal life, but also with the arts of grammar and poetry. They were also known for their divergence from human sexual difference. Monastic writers used bees to conceptualise their …
Trans Climates of the European Middle Ages, 500–1300
This article gathers evidence of a distinct strand of writing in Western Europe from the sixth century onwards which concerns itself with the relation between the seasons and sexual difference in humans, particularly in discussions of Tiresias. From this tradition emerges what I call trans climatology, a conceptualization of seasons as gendered, of the climatically ordered procession of the seasons as transgender change, and of this change having…
Intersex Between Sex And Gender In Cause Et Cure
This article argues that intersex is present in medieval medical texts outside of the medieval concept of hermaphroditism. The phlegmatic man, the phlegmatic woman, and the sanguine man, in the twelfth-century medical text Cause et cure, all exhibit intersex characteristics. The close examination of the terms in which these figures are described also shows that the elaboration of intersex in this text directly challenges the modern distinction be…
Trans Climates of the European Middle Ages, 500–1300
This article gathers evidence of a distinct strand of writing in Western Europe from the sixth century onwards which concerns itself with the relation between the seasons and sexual difference in humans, particularly in discussions of Tiresias. From this tradition emerges what I call trans climatology, a conceptualization of seasons as gendered, of the climatically ordered procession of the seasons as transgender change, and of this change having…
Intersex Between Sex And Gender In Cause Et Cure
This article argues that intersex is present in medieval medical texts outside of the medieval concept of hermaphroditism. The phlegmatic man, the phlegmatic woman, and the sanguine man, in the twelfth-century medical text Cause et cure, all exhibit intersex characteristics. The close examination of the terms in which these figures are described also shows that the elaboration of intersex in this text directly challenges the modern distinction be…
Intersex Between Sex And Gender In Cause Et Cure
This article argues that intersex is present in medieval medical texts outside of the medieval concept of hermaphroditism. The phlegmatic man, the phlegmatic woman, and the sanguine man, in the twelfth-century medical text Cause et cure, all exhibit intersex characteristics. The close examination of the terms in which these figures are described also shows that the elaboration of intersex in this text directly challenges the modern distinction be…
Trans Climates of the European Middle Ages, 500–1300
This article gathers evidence of a distinct strand of writing in Western Europe from the sixth century onwards which concerns itself with the relation between the seasons and sexual difference in humans, particularly in discussions of Tiresias. From this tradition emerges what I call trans climatology, a conceptualization of seasons as gendered, of the climatically ordered procession of the seasons as transgender change, and of this change having…
Nonbeenary gender
At the interface of grammar and nature, bees served as a figure of transgender identification for monks in England, France, and Germany circa 800–1070. Monks recognised bees as essential nonhuman participants in monastic life. Bees were associated with chastity, and communal life, but also with the arts of grammar and poetry. They were also known for their divergence from human sexual difference. Monastic writers used bees to conceptualise their …
The Contingent Middle Ages
Medieval Literature and History (3 works) · Historical, Literary, and Cultural Studies (2 works) · Aesthetics (1 works) · Ancient history (1 works) · Art (1 works) · Classics (1 works) · Classics (1 works) · Conceptualization (1 works) · Exegesis (1 works) · Field (mathematics (1 works)