Format:
Online-Ressource (212 p)
ISBN:
9780415071475
Content:
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
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Description based upon print version of record
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Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table ofContents; List of Illustrations; Preface; 1. The Mediev Al Context; 2. Sex in the Middle Ages; 3. Heretics; Central Middle Ages; The Later Middle Ages; Conclusion; 4. Witches; 5. Jews; The Church and the Jews; The Jews and the Secular Authorities; The Jews and Popular Culture; Segregation; Conclusion; 6. Prostitutes; 7. Homosexuals; 8. Lepers; Further Reading; Index
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781136127007
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780415071475
Additional Edition:
Print version Sex, Dissidence and Damnation : Minority Groups in the Middle Ages
Language:
English
Keywords:
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