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Calvin and the Consolidation of the Genevan Reformation
This book chronicles the history of the Protestant Reformation in sixteenth century Geneva under the leadership of John Calvin and is the best modern study of the Genevan …
Sex Crimes
This text looks at the cyclical movement of Europe from implicit sexual tolerance to repression to sexual liberalisation and open toleration.
Born to be Gay
There has long been an assumption in the West that views on sex and sexuality are basically similar worldwide. This has never been the case. Many ancient cultures actively promoted …
Religion and Superstition in Reformation Europe
What, in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, was ‘superstition’? Where might it be found, and how might it be countered? How was the term used, and how effective a weapon was …
Born to be Gay: A History of Homosexuality
Attitudes of Generations and Cultures
The Black Death: a History of Plagues
Protestant Revolution
When Martin Luther nailed 95 criticisms of the Catholic Church to the door of his local church in 1517 he sparked not just a religious Reformation, but an unending cycle of …
The Black Death
This history of destructive plague shows how centuries of epidemic alternated with centuries that were almost plague-free. The authors examine the social responses to the …