And more in keeping with the period, since they didn't have a concept of sexual orientation (which isn't to say that it didn't exist until we invented it, necessarily). Which would also be a fun and possibly confusing thing to teach... ;)
On an only tangentially-related note, it's quite interesting that in Elizabeth Cary's History of Edward II (written approximately 1627 but not printed until 1680) the more threatening of Edward's favorites isn't Gaveston but Spencer, because he's really with-it politically, whereas Gaveston (to whom Edward is far more passionately attached) is sort of insubstantial really and is dispatched approximately 30 pages into the narrative. So I think it's fairly clear what sort of issues she was interested in. ;)
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On an only tangentially-related note, it's quite interesting that in Elizabeth Cary's History of Edward II (written approximately 1627 but not printed until 1680) the more threatening of Edward's favorites isn't Gaveston but Spencer, because he's really with-it politically, whereas Gaveston (to whom Edward is far more passionately attached) is sort of insubstantial really and is dispatched approximately 30 pages into the narrative. So I think it's fairly clear what sort of issues she was interested in. ;)