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Forbidden Friendships : Homosexuality and Male Culture in Renaissance Florence.

This is a superb work of scholarship, impossible to overpraise ... It marks a milestone in the 20-year rise of gay and lesbian studies.--Martin Duberman, The Advocate The men of Renaissance Florence were so renowned for sodomy that "Florenzer" in German meant "sodomite." In the l...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Rocke, Michael
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Oxford University Press, 1998.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:This is a superb work of scholarship, impossible to overpraise ... It marks a milestone in the 20-year rise of gay and lesbian studies.--Martin Duberman, The Advocate The men of Renaissance Florence were so renowned for sodomy that "Florenzer" in German meant "sodomite." In the late fifteenth century, as many as one in two Florentine men had come to the attention of the authorities for sodomy by the time they were thirty. In 1432 The Office of the Night was created specifically to police sodomy in Florence. Indeed, nearly all Florentine males probably had some kind of same-sex experience as a.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (382 pages)
ISBN:9780198023432
019802343X
9781602563049
1602563047