Christianity, social tolerance, and homosexuality : gay people in Western Europe from the beginning of the Christian era to the fourteenth century
John Boswell (Author)
This study of the history of attitudes toward homosexuality in the early Christian West challenged preconceptions about the Church's past relationship to its gay members, among them priests, bishops, and even saints. The historical breadth of the author's research (from the Greeks to Aquinas) and the variety of sources consulted make this one of the most extensive treatments of any single aspect of Western social history. This book helped form the disciplines of gay and gender studies, and it continues to illuminate the origins and operations of intolerance as a social force
History
xviii, 424 pages, 6 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm
9780226067100, 9780226067117, 0226067106, 0226067114
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Introduction
Definitions
Rome : the foundation
The scriptures
Christians and social change
Theological traditions
The early Middle Ages
The urban revival
The triumph of Ganymede : gay literature of the high Middle Ages
Social change : making enemies
Intellectual change : men, beasts, and "nature"
Conclusions