Sex, dissidence and damnation : minority groups in the Middle Ages

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Sex, dissidence and damnation : minority groups in the Middle Ages

Jeffrey Richards

Routledge, 1994

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Includes further readings (p. 164-169) and index

"First published 1991 by Routledge. First published in paperback 1994 by Routledge"--T.p. verso

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Description

For the authorities in medieval Europe, dissent struck at the roots of an ordered, settled world. It was to be crushed - initially by reason and argument, eventually by torture. Jeffrey Richards examines the wretched lives of heretics, witches, Jews, lepers and homosexuals and uncovers a common motive for their persecution: sexual aberrance.

Table of Contents

  • Chapter 1 The Medieval Context
  • Chapter 2 Sex in the Middle Ages
  • Chapter 3 Heretics
  • Chapter 4 Witches
  • Chapter 5 Jews
  • Chapter 6 Prostitutes
  • Chapter 7 Homosexuals
  • Chapter 8 Lepers

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