Screen LibraryNothing natural is shameful : sodomy and science in late medieval europe /
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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University of Pennsylvania Press,
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| Publisher Address: | Philadelphia, Pa. : |
| Publication Dates: |
[2014] ©2014 |
| Literature type: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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The middle ages series
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| Summary: |
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. |
| Carrier Form: | 1 online resource (336 pages) : illustrations. |
| Bibliography: | 8 illus. |
| ISBN: | 9780812208580 |
| Index Number: | HQ76 |
| CLC: | C913.14 |
| Contents: |
Frontmatter -- 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 -- Epilogue -- Appendix. Pietro d Abano, Expositio Problematum Aristotelis, IV.26: A Text -- List of Abbreviations -- Notes -- Manuscripts Consulted -- Works Cited -- Index -- Acknowledgments. |