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TITLE: SODOM
AND GOMORRAH: On the
Everyday Reality and Persecution of Homosexuals in the Middle Ages AUTHOR: Hergemoller, Bernd-Ulrich ISBN pb: 1 85343 503 1 PAGES: 160 LIST PRICE pb: £16.95 ($25.00) PUB DATE: January 2001
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TITLE: SODOM
AND GOMORRAH: On the
Everyday Reality and Persecution of Homosexuals in the Middle Ages AUTHOR: Hergemoller, Bernd-Ulrich ISBN pb: 1 85343 503 1 PAGES: 160 LIST PRICE pb: £16.95 ($25.00) PUB DATE: January 2001
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| DESCRIPTION: Sodom and Gomorrah
provides a meticulously researched account of the lives, suffering, and
everyday reality of homosexual men in Europe, between AD 500 and AD 1500.
The author begins by tracing the development of relevant criminal law from the Romans to the beginnings of modern Europe, and goes on to explore the differences and similarities in approaches towards homosexuality in present and past cultures. Pertinent legal cases in Germany and Italy are reviewed, and the first English language translation of 15th century documents relating to same-sex trials in Cologne provide valuable insight into prevailing attitudes. Following a discussion of the anti sodomite discourse of theology of the period, there is a further exploration, not just of the negative, persecutory aspects as of same-sex existence in those times, but also of the many positive element of it in everyday life. ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Bernd-Ulrich Hergemoller
is Professor of History of the Middle Ages at Hamburg University.
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