1st Edition

Sex, Dissidence and Damnation Minority Groups in the Middle Ages

By Jeffrey Richards Copyright 1995
    212 Pages
    by Routledge

    212 Pages
    by Routledge

    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.

    Chapter 1 The Medieval Context; Chapter 2 Sex in the Middle Ages; Chapter 3 Heretics; Chapter 4 Witches; Chapter 5 Jews; Chapter 6 Prostitutes; Chapter 7 Homosexuals; Chapter 8 Lepers;

    Biography

    Richards, Jeffrey

    `fascinating study ... brilliantly illuminated by Richards with the help of excellent illustrations.' - Sunday Telegraph