The Pursuit of Sodomy: Male Homosexuality in Renaissance and Enlightenment EuropeHistorians Kent Gerard and Gert Hekma make available--for the first time to an English-speaking audience--the best, most recent work on the history of male homosexuality in Early Modern Europe. The role of the male homosexual--during the pivotal era of 1400 to 1800--is thoroughly explored. A wide-ranging group of authors offers relevant and fascinating material on sexual history and sexuality, in general, and on homosexuality and European history, in particular. |
Contents
Introduction 1989 | 1 |
The Views | 7 |
Socratic Love as a Disguise for SameSex Love | 33 |
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