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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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Main Author:	Grassi, Umberto (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Cambridge, Massachussetts : Harvard University Press, 2026.
Series:	I Tatti studies in Italian Renaissance history.
Subjects:	Sodomy > Italy > History. Sodomy > Religious aspects > Christianity. Sin, Original > History of doctrines. Sex customs > Italy > History. Trials (Sodomy) > Italy > Case studies. Sodomy > Law and legislation > Italy > History. Atheism > History > Modern period, 1500- Sodomie > Aspect religieux > Christianisme. Péché originel > Histoire des doctrines. Vie sexuelle > Italie > Histoire. Athéisme > Histoire > 1500-

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