Love, Sex, Intimacy and Friendship Between Men, 1550-1800

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This book gathers together the most recent, exciting and original scholarship on male same-sex sexuality in the Renaissance and Enlightenment periods. With contributions from the foremost respected scholars in this burgeoning field, it draws together and analyses theoretical frameworks and methodologies for writing the history of male same-sex desire in this era. It also comprehensively introdues and defines terms and directions for further research. It responds to major developments in the field and deals with these issues in a lively manner. Focusing on the period from 1550-1800, the book spans a time of enormous transition in both the practice and representation of male/male emotional relationships. It will prove indispensable for students of history and sexuality in the early modern period and for social and cultural historians and literary scholars alike.