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John Boswell

Christianity, Social Tolerance, and Homosexuality

Gay People in Western Europe from the Beginning of the Christian Era to the Fourteenth Century

442 pages, 13 halftones  6 x 9  © 1980

Paper $23.00

ISBN: 9780226067117   Published November 2005

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Illustrations
Abbreviations
Preface
1: 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
Subjects



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