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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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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Boswell, John, 1945- author.
Contributor:
Yarnall Collection (University of Pennsylvania)
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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