Elizabeth Eva Leach

Professor of Music, University of Oxford

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Elizabeth Eva Leach is professor of music at the University of Oxford. Her books include Sung Birds (2007), Guillaume de Machaut (2011) and Medieval Sex Lives (2023).

Written by Elizabeth Eva Leach

Medieval painting of three musicians playing instruments, seated under arches with colourful robes and curly hair.
MUSIC

Courtly love songs are a window into medieval sex lives

Song lyrics acted as a sexual script for aristocrats, revealing some edgy practices that ignited their imaginations

by Elizabeth Eva Leach