What God kept for himself : atheism, sodomy, and radical dissent in Renaissance Italy /
"Umberto Grassi recovers a radical critique, suppressed by the Inquisition. A wave of 16th-18th century Italians claimed that Adam and Eve had angered God by engaging in sodomy-sexual practice reserved for the divine. The heresy was politically potent, buttressing the common belief that elites...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Cambridge, Massachussetts :
Harvard University Press,
2026.
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| Series: | I Tatti studies in Italian Renaissance history.
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| Summary: | "Umberto Grassi recovers a radical critique, suppressed by the Inquisition. A wave of 16th-18th century Italians claimed that Adam and Eve had angered God by engaging in sodomy-sexual practice reserved for the divine. The heresy was politically potent, buttressing the common belief that elites invented Christian morality to enforce social control"-- |
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| Physical Description: | 229 pages ; 25 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780674302860 0674302869 |