Tag Archives: Diversity

Homosexuality in the Middle Ages

Posted on February 5, 2020 by Barwickian

In Chivalry & Sorcery 5th Edition we referred briefly to medieval attitudes towards homosexuality and to an active gay scene in the 11th and 12th centuries. This article explores homosexuality in the Middle Ages in more detail. This is a … Continue reading →

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Genderqueer people in the Middle Ages

Posted on January 8, 2020 by Barwickian

One aspect of the diversity of medieval life we did not address in Chivalry & Sorcery 5th Edition concerns genderqueer people. This article is intended to correct that omission, in more detail than the core rulebook would have allowed. The … Continue reading →

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Diversity, historical accuracy and Chivalry & Sorcery

Posted on January 6, 2020 by Barwickian

Common factoids (things that look like facts but aren’t) about the Middle Ages are that people of colour didn’t exist in medieval Europe, that women didn’t fight (or do much other than be wives or nuns), and that homosexuality was … Continue reading →

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