A window into 18th-century Queer London, tender yet defiant
Court records from 18th-century London reveal the emotions, pleasures and friendships that sustained queer working men
by Amanda E Herbert
Amanda E Herbert works at Durham University in the UK, where she studies the history of the body: gender and sexuality; health and wellness; food, drink, and appetite. She is the author of Female Alliances: Gender, Identity, and Friendship in Early Modern Britain (2014) and is working on Spa Medicine and Body Politics in the British Atlantic (forthcoming).
Written by Amanda E Herbert