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Sodomy in Reformation Germany and Switzerland, 1400-1600: The Chicago Series on Sexuality, History, and Society

Autor Helmut Puff
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 2 iun 2003
During the late Middle Ages, a considerable number of men in Germany and Switzerland were executed for committing sodomy. Even in the seventeenth century, simply speaking of the act was cause for censorship. Here, in the first history of sodomy in these countries, Helmut Puff argues that accusations of sodomy during this era were actually crucial to the success of the Protestant Reformation. Drawing on both literary and historical evidence, Puff shows that speakers of German associated sodomy with Italy and, increasingly, Catholicism. As the Reformation gained momentum, the formerly unspeakable crime of sodomy gained a voice, as Martin Luther and others deployed accusations of sodomy to discredit the upper ranks of the Church and to create a sense of community among Protestant believers. During the sixteenth century, reactions against this defamatory rhetoric, and fear that mere mention of sodomy would incite sinful acts, combined to repress even court cases of sodomy.

Written with precision and meticulously researched, this revealing study will interest historians of gender, sexuality, and religion, as well as scholars of medieval and early modern history and culture.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9780226685069
ISBN-10: 0226685063
Pagini: 320
Dimensiuni: 152 x 229 x 30 mm
Greutate: 0.44 kg
Ediția:1
Editura: University of Chicago Press
Colecția University of Chicago Press
Seria The Chicago Series on Sexuality, History, and Society


Notă biografică

Helmut Puff is an associate professor of German and history at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. He is the author of Von dem schlüssel aller Künsten: Nemblich der Grammatica: Deutsch im lateinischen Grammatikunterricht 1480-1560 and the editor of Lust, Angst und Provokation: Homosexualität in der Gesellschaft.

Cuprins

Acknowledgments
Introduction
Part I Acts and Words
1. The Politics of Sodomy (1277-1532)
2. Cases, Conflicts, Contexts
3. The Discourse of Experts
4. Acts without Words, Acts of Silencing: The Sixteenth Century
Part II Acting Words
5. Defamation as Practice
6. The Art of Defamation: Humanists and Reformers
7. Sodomy in the Reformation Pamphlet
8. The Close Encounter of Matrimony and Sodomy
Conclusion
Appendix
Notes
Bibliography
Index