Homosexuality in HistoryIn this revelatory examination of homosexual love and its place in society throughout history, British novelist and journalist Colin Spencer cuts through an extraordinary amount of myth and misunderstanding about the place of same-sex love in society. This wide-ranging, constantly surprising, and often deeply moving account of like searching out like throughout history fills a clear need for the general reader. |
Contents
PREHISTORY AND EARLY CIVILISATIONS | 13 |
GREEKS AND JEWS | 39 |
ROME THE EAST AND EARLY CHRISTIANITY | 67 |
Copyright | |
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