Sodomy in Early Modern Europe

This fascinating collection of essays reflects closely the main areas of debate within gay historiography. For the last twenty years scholars have argued over the nature of early modern sodomy, responding in a number of different and contradictory ways. Questions addressed in the book include:
was early modern sodomy the same as modern homosexuality? Were there homosexuals in early modern Europe? Did men who had sex with each other in this period regard their behaviour as determining their identity? What was the relationship between the grave sin of sodomy and the homoerotic images that
fill Renaissance culture?. The volume includes essays on sodomy in English Protestant history writing, in Calvin's Geneva, in early modern Venice and the trial of sodomy in Germany.

Author: Joseph Bergin
Publisher: Manchester University Press
Published: 08/29/2002
Pages: 192
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.68lbs
Size: 9.90h x 5.80w x 0.58d
ISBN: 9780719061158

About the Author

Tom Betteridge is Senior Lecturer in the School of Humanities at Kingston University