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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

Boswell, John.

Year: 1981.

Publisher: University of Chicago Press.

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table of contents

Frontmatter

Illustrations

Abbreviations

Preface

I. Points of Departure

1. Introduction

2. Definitions

4. Rome: The Foundation

II. The Christian Tradition

4. The Scriptures

5. Christians and Social Change

6. Theological Traditions

III. Shifting Fortunes

7. The Early Middle Ages

8. The Urban Revival

9. The Triumph of Ganymede: Gay Literature of the High Middle Ages

IV. The Rise of Intolerance

10. Social Change: Making Enemies

11. Intellectual Change: Men, Beasts, and "Nature"

12. Conclusions

Appendix 1. Lexicography and Saint Paul

Appendix 2. Texts and Translations

Frequently Cited Works

Index of Greek Terms

General Index

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Title:

Christianity, social tolerance, and homosexuality : gay people in Western Europe from the beginning of the Christian era to the fourteenth century John Boswell.

Author:

Boswell, John

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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.
Boswell, John
Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1981.

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Subject Headings:

• Homosexuality -- Religious aspects -- Christianity -- History
• Homosexuality -- Europe -- History

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