John Boswell (1947-94) was the A. Whitney Griswold Professor of History at Yale University and the author of The Royal Treasure, The Kindness of Strangers, and Same-Sex Unions in Premodern Europe.
"What makes this work so exciting is not simply its
content--fascinating though that is--but its revolutionary
challenge to some of Western culture's most familiar moral
assumptions."-- "Newsweek"
"I would not hesitate to call his book revolutionary for it tells
of things heretofore unimagined and sets a standard of excellence
that one would have thought impossible in the treatment of an issue
so large, uncharted and vexed. . . . Boswell has mastered one of
the rarest skills: the ability to write about sex with genuine wit.
Improbably as it might seem, this work of unrelenting scholarship
and high intellectual drama is also thoroughly entertaining."--
"New York Times Book Review"
"One day, when all churches accept the presence and achievements of
gay people with approbation instead of denial or disapproval,
Boswell will in no small way be responsible."-- "Gay & Lesbian
Review"
"Truly groundbreaking work. Boswell reveals unexplored phenomena
with an unfailing erudition."-- "Michel Foucault"
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