Eleanor Rykener ca. 1394
Postcard
February 2023 (made)
February 2023 (made)
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Rykener appears in public records in England at the end of the 14th century as a gender ambiguous sex worker. They were questioned after being arrested for a sexual encounter with a man called John Britby one Sunday evening while wearing women's clothes. They were still wearing them during a interrogation days later during which Rykener described their sex work in great detail but appears to have escaped charge.
Object details
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| Title | Eleanor Rykener ca. 1394 (generic title) |
| Materials and techniques | Risograph postcard |
| Brief description | 1 of 8 postcards by the Museum of Transology: Eleanor Rykener |
| Physical description | Risograph postcard with a black and white oval illustration of a 14th-century sex worker. The corners have a floral motif printed in orange and the subject's name and dates are printed in orange above the printer's name and date of creation. |
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| Credit line | Given by Zorian Clayton |
| Summary | Rykener appears in public records in England at the end of the 14th century as a gender ambiguous sex worker. They were questioned after being arrested for a sexual encounter with a man called John Britby one Sunday evening while wearing women's clothes. They were still wearing them during a interrogation days later during which Rykener described their sex work in great detail but appears to have escaped charge. |
| Bibliographic reference | Karras, R. M.; Linkinen, T. (2016). "John / Eleanor Rykener Revisited". In Doggett, L E.; O'Sullivan, D. E. (eds.). Founding Feminisms in Medieval Studies: Essays in Honor of E. Jane Burns. Cambridge: D. S. Brewer. pp. 111–124. |
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| Accession number | E.1206-2023 |
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| Record created | September 28, 2023 |
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