The Pursuit of Sodomy: Male Homosexuality in Renaissance and Enlightenment Europe »

Historians Kent Gerard and Gert Hekma make available--for the first time to an English-speaking audience--the best, most recent work on the history of male homosexuality in Early Modern Europe. The role of the male homosexual--during the pivotal era of 1400 to 1800--is thoroughly explored.

A wide-ranging group of authors offers relevant and fascinating material on sexual history and sexuality, in general, and on homosexuality and European history, in particular.

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Previously published as Journal of homosexuality, v.16, nos. 1/2, 1988. Articles on the history of male homosexuality in most of the countries of Western Europe during the early modern era (1400-1800). Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)