I’m doing this publication out of order because it doesn’t take very long to say, “Don’t touch this book with a ten foot pole,” and I want to get that out of the way and never look at it again.
primary sources
LHMP entry
LHMP #332 Stehr 2018 Tragic (but Interesting & Very Short) History of Sodomite, Lesbians, & Sapphics
Primary Source Text: The Babyloniaka of Iamblichos
A 15th century account of a young woman attending Krakow university in male disguise. After successfully passing as a man for two years and nearly attaining her degree, she was unmasked due to the suspicions of a soldier who won a bet with his friends by forcibly undressing her and revealing her sex. She was taken before a judge but no one could find any complaint against her except the cross-dressing. After that she chose (from among unknown other options) to go into a convent where she became Abbess.
