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

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

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Author / Creator:Boswell, John, 1947-1994.
Imprint:Chicago [Ill.] : Univ. of Chicago Press, ©1980.
Description:1 online resource (xviii, 424 pages, 6 unnumbered leaves of plates) : illustrations
Language:English
Subject:
Homosexuality -- Europe -- History -- To 1500.
Homosexuality -- Religious aspects -- Christianity -- History.
Christianity -- history.
Homosexuality -- history.
Homosexuality.
Homosexuality -- Religious aspects -- Christianity.
Europe.
Europe.
Electronic books.
History.
Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11361122
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ISBN:9780226067148
0226067149
0226067106
9780226067100
0226067114
9780226067117
Notes:Includes bibliographical references (pages 403-409)-and indexes.
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Summary:"Truly groundbreaking work. Boswell reveals unexplored phenomena with an unfailing erudition."--Michel FoucaultJohn Boswell's National Book Award-winning study of the history of attitudes toward homosexuality in the early Christian West was a groundbreaking work that challenged preconceptions about the Church's past relationship to its gay members--among them priests, bishops, and even saints--when it was first published twenty-five years ago. The historical breadth of Boswell's research (from the Greeks to Aquinas) and the variety of sources consulted make this one of the most extensiv.
Awards:Winner of the National Book Award
Other form:Print version: Boswell, John, 1947-1994. Christianity, social tolerance, and homosexuality. Chicago [Ill.] : Univ. of Chicago Press, ©1980 0226067106 9780226067100

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