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Nothing natural is shameful : sodomy and science in late medieval Europe / Joan Cadden

Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, [2013]

Online-Ressource (336 pages) : illustrations

Englisch

""Cover""; ""Title""; ""Copyright""; ""Contents""; ""Introduction: The Natural Philosophy of Sodomites and Their Kind""; ""Chapter 1. Moved by Nature""; ""Chapter 2. Habit Is a Kind of Nature""; ""Chapter 3. "Just Like a Woman": Passivity, Defect, and Insatiability""; ""Chapter 4. "Beyond the Boundaries of Vice": Moral Science and Natural Philosophy""; ""Chapter 5. What's Wrong? Silence, Speech, and the Problema of Sodomy""; ""Eepilogue""; ""Appendix. Pietro d'Abano, Expositio Problematum Aristotelis, IV.26: A Text""; ""List of Abbreviations""; ""Notes""; ""Manuscripts Consulted""

""Works Cited""""Index""; ""A""; ""B""; ""C""; ""D""; ""E""; ""F""; ""G""; ""H""; ""I""; ""J""; ""K""; ""L""; ""M""; ""N""; ""O""; ""P""; ""R""; ""S""; ""T""; ""U""; ""V""; ""W""; ""Acknowledgments""

Includes bibliographical references and index

Print version: Nothing natural is shameful : sodomy and science in late medieval Europe

Rezensiert in: [Rezension von: Cadden, Joan, Nothing Natural Is Shameful: Sodomy and Science in Late Medieval Europe] / Scott E. Hendrix, 2014

978-0-8122-4537-0 (hardcover : alk. paper)

978-0-8122-4537-0 (ISBN der Printausgabe)

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978-0-8122-0858-0 (e-book)

HQ76.2.E9

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LOC-SH: Sodomy -- Europe -- History -- To 1500 ; Electronic books ; Science, Medieval -- Europe -- History -- To 1500 ; Philosophy, Medieval -- Europe -- History -- To 1500 ; Male homosexuality -- Europe -- History -- To 1500

Male homosexuality ; Europe ; History ; To 1500 ; Philosophy, Medieval ; Europe ; History ; To 1500 ; Science, Medieval ; Europe ; History ; To 1500 ; Sodomy ; Europe ; History ; To 1500 ; Electronic books

In medieval Europe, where theologians saw sin, some natural philosophers saw a phenomenon in need of explanation. They believed some men were born with homosexual inclinations and others acquired them as habits based on early pleasurable experiences.

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Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Introduction: The Natural Philosophy of Sodomites and Their Kind -- Chapter 1. Moved by Nature -- Chapter 2. Habit Is a Kind of Nature -- Chapter 3. "Just Like a Woman": Passivity, Defect, and Insatiability -- Chapter 4. "Beyond the Boundaries of Vice": Moral Science and Natural Philosophy -- Chapter 5. What's Wrong? Silence, Speech, and the Problema of Sodomy -- Eepilogue -- Appendix. Pietro d'Abano, Expositio Problematum Aristotelis, IV.26: A Text -- List of Abbreviations -- Notes -- Manuscripts Consulted -- Works Cited -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Acknowledgments.