Title: Christianity, Social Tolerance and Homosexuality
Subtitle: Gay People in Western Europe from the Beginning of the Christian Era to the Fourteenth Century
First published: 1981
Description: From back cover: Boswell's highly acclaimed study of the history of attitudes toward homosexuality in the Christian West challenges received opinion and our own preconceptions about the Church's past relationship to its gay members, among whom were priests, bishops and even canonized saints. The historical breadth of Boswell's research (from the Greeks to Aquinas) and the variety of sources consulted ... make this one of the most extensive treatments of any single aspect of Western social history. The product of ten years of research and analysis of records in a dozen languages, this book opens up a new area of historical inquiry and helps elucidate the origins and operations of intolerance as a social force.
Subjects: europe, homosexuality, religious aspects, christianity, gay studies, homosexuality, homosexuality and christianity, history, Religious aspects of Homosexuality, Homosexualité, Aspect religieux, Histoire, Middeleeuwen, Homoseksualiteit, Christianisme, Homosexualitâe, Christianity -- History, Homosexuality -- Religious aspects --, To 1500, Homosexuality, religious aspects, christianity, LGBTQ history, Stonewall Book Awards, Europe, social conditions, LGBTQ religion & spirituality, Religious aspects, collection:stonewall_book_award=pre-1990_winner
Places: Europe
Time periods: 200-1400, To 1500
LC classification: HQ76.3.E8 B67