Description
| Product ID: | 9780195122923 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Series: | Studies in the History of Sexuality |
| Title: | Forbidden Friendships |
| Subtitle: | Homosexuality and Male Culture in Renaissance Florence |
| Authors: | Author: Michael Rocke |
| Page Count: | 384 |
| Subjects: | European history, European history, History, Social and cultural history, Cultural studies, Gender studies, gender groups, LGBTQ+ Studies / topics, Early history: c 500 to c 1450/1500, Social & cultural history, Cultural studies, Gender studies, gender groups, Gay studies (Gay men), Italy, c 1000 CE to c 1500, c 1500 to c 1600 |
| Description: | In 1432, the Office of the Night was created specifically to police sodomy in Florence. Seventy years of denunciations, accusations and sentencings left an extraordinarily detailed record, which the author uses in this portrait, calling into question modern conceptions of sexuality and gender. In 1432, the Office of the Night was created specifically to police sodomy in Florence. Seventy years of denunciations, accusations, interrogations, and sentencings left an extraordinarily detailed record, which Rocke uses to its fullest in this richly documented portrait. He uncovers a culture in which sexual roles were strictly defined by age, with boys under eighteen the ''passive'' participants in sodomy, youths in their twenties the ''active'' participant, and men in their thirties marrying women, their days of sexual frivolity over. This richly documented book paints a fascinating picture of a vibrant time and place and calls into question our modern conceptions of gender and sexual identity. |
| Imprint Name: | Oxford University Press Inc |
| Publisher Name: | Oxford University Press Inc |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 1998-07-09 |
