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Christianity, social tolerance, and homosexuality : gay people in Western Europe from the beginning of the Christian era to the fourteenth century / John Boswell.
Van Pelt - Yarnall Collection HQ76.3.E8 B67 1981
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Library at the Katz Center - Stacks HQ75.E9 B6 1980
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Boswell, John, 1945- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Homosexuality--Europe--History.
- Homosexuality.
- Homosexuality--Religious aspects--Christianity--History.
- Homosexuality--Religious aspects--Christianity.
- History.
- Europe.
- Homosexuality--history.
- Christianity.
- Medical Subjects:
- Homosexuality--history.
- Christianity.
- Genre:
- History.
- Physical Description:
- xviii, 424 pages, 12 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Edition:
- Phoenix edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 1981.
- Summary:
- IllustrationsAbbreviationsPreface1: Introduction 2: Definitions 3: Rome: The Foundation 4: The Scriptures 5: Christians and Social Change 6: Theological Traditions 7: The Early Middle Ages 8: The Urban Revival 9: The Triumph of Ganymede: Gay Literature of the High Middle Ages 10: Social Change: Making Enemies 11: Intellectual Change: Men, Beasts, and "Nature" 12: Conclusions App. 1: Lexicography and Saint Paul App. 2: Texts and Translations Frequently Cited Works Index of Greek Terms General Index
- Contents:
- I. Points of departure. Introduction
- Definitions
- Rome : the foundation
- II. The Christian tradition. The scriptures
- Christians and social change
- Theological traditions
- III. Shifting fortunes. The early Middle Ages
- The urban revival
- The triumph of Ganymede : gay literature of the high Middle Ages
- IV. The rise of intolerance. Social change : making enemies
- Intellectual change : men, beasts, and "nature"
- Conclusions
- Appendix 1. Lexicography and Saint Paul
- Appendix 2. Texts and translations.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 403-409) and indexes.
- Gay Book Award (American Library Association), 1981
- Stonewall Book Award, Winner, 1981
- Local Notes:
- Acc# 207512
- ISBN:
- 0226067114
- 9780226067117
- 9780226067100
- 0226067106
- OCLC:
- 15868588
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