Trojan Sodomy and the Politics of Marriage in theRoman d'Enéas
Judith P. Haas
In the twelfth-century poem Le roman d'Enéas, future mother-in-law of Enéas accuses him, and all Trojans, being both abductors women "sodomites." This paper reads contradictory meanings "sodomy" in context two developments: transformation aristocratic marriage, as documented by Georges Duby, erosion power. The argues that poem's repudiation Trojan through triumph heterosexual love supports weakening horizontal ties between men envisions a shift to dynastic power, legitimated unbroken links father son.
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