- europe, homosexuality, religious aspects, christianity, gay studies
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.
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Grave, earnest, classical in form and cool.
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- classical in formformally daring
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- Author
- John Boswell
- First published
- 1981
- Pages
- 452
- Publisher
- University of Chicago, Leonardo, Peninsular Publishing Company
- Editions
- 9
- Language
- Spanish, Italian, English
- ISBN
- 9780226345369
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