ISBN:
9780415071475
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (212 p)
Parallel Title:
Print version Sex, Dissidence and Damnation : Minority Groups in the Middle Ages
DDC:
306.7/09
Keywords:
Social history -- Medieval, 500-1500
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Minorities -- History
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Dissenters -- History
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Sex customs -- History
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Dissenters ; History
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Minorities ; History
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Sex customs ; History
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Social history ; Medieval, 500-1500
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Electronic books
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Electronic books
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Electronic books
Abstract:
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
Description / Table of Contents:
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
Note:
Description based upon print version of record
