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Of sodomites, effeminates, hermaphrodites, and androgynes : sodomy in the age of Peter Damian / Glenn W. Olsen.

Title
  1. Of sodomites, effeminates, hermaphrodites, and androgynes : sodomy in the age of Peter Damian / Glenn W. Olsen.
Published by
  1. Toronto : Pontifical Institute of Mediaeval Studies, c2011.
Author
  1. Olsen, Glenn W. (Glenn Warren), 1938-

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  1. Pontifical Institute of Mediaeval Studies
Description
  1. xiii, 523 p., [29] p. of plates : ill.; 24 cm.
Summary
  1. "This book examines the history of sex and gender from a linguistic, artistic, and philosophical perspective, providing a new paradigm with which to analyze this controversial subject. Glenn Olsen's wide-ranging scholarship and his attention to primary sources and contemporary interpretations are enhanced by the inclusion of numerous illustrations of Romanesque sculpture. Part one takes the reader on a journey from the ancient worlds through the early middle ages, examining literature, art, and sculpture in order to capture the 'sexual imagination' of the period. Olsen emphasizes that all centuries had a varied languages of sex, focusing on the means by which "sex" was put into words, especially in penitentials and canon law. He shows there was no single understanding of gender and power relationships, arguing that the story of gender should encompass more than the history of power. Part two turns to Peter Damian, especially his Epistle 31, the so-called Book of Gomorrah. Olsen explores the themes of nature, sin and demonic incitement, lust, free will and effeminacy, as well as the question of whether Damian represented the onset of the persecuting society'"--Publisher's website.
Series statement
  1. Studies and texts, 0082-5328 ; 176
Uniform title
  1. Studies and texts (Pontifical Institute of Mediaeval Studies) 176.
Alternative title
  1. Sodomites, effeminates, hermaphrodites, and androgynes
  2. Sodomy in the age of Peter Damian
Subject
  1. Peter Damian, Saint, 1007?-1072
  2. Pierre Damien, saint, 1007?-1072
  3. Catholic Church > History
  4. Sex > History > To 1500
  5. Sex role > History > To 1500
  6. Sex > History of doctrines > Middle Ages, 600-1500
  7. Sodomy > History of doctrines > Middle Ages, 600-1500
  8. Sodomy > History > To 1500
  9. Sodomy > Early works to 1800
  10. Gay men > History
  11. Effeminacy > History
  12. Homosexuality > history
  13. Sexual Behavior > history
  14. Sexualité > Histoire > 500-1500 (Moyen Âge)
  15. Rôle selon le sexe > Histoire > 500-1500 (Moyen Âge)
  16. Sodomie > Ouvrages avant 1800
  17. Sodomie > Histoire > 500-1500 (Moyen Âge)
Contents
  1. Introduction. Problems and definitions. Naming sodomy -- Gender and power -- Terms of endearment -- The sexual subject -- Peter Damian. Peter Damian's letter 31 and eleventh-century reform -- Sodomy in Damian's letter 31 -- Nature and sins against nature in Damian's letter 31 -- Luxuria, the devil's work -- 'The devil, you say': lust, free will, and effeminacy in Damian's letter 31.
Owning institution
  1. Harvard Library
Note
  1. Includes several chapters devoted to Peter Damian's Letter 31, traditionally known as the Liber Gomorrhianus.
Bibliography (note)
  1. Includes bibliographical references (p. [425]-503) and index.
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