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In medieval Europe, where theologians saw sin, some natural philosophers saw a phenomenon in need of explanation. They believed some men were born with homosexual inclinations and others acquired them as habits based on early pleasurable experiences.

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Remarkable feats of historical research culminate in this sophisticated reflection on sex and sexuality. Joan Cadden teaches us many things we didn't know. What is more important, she challenges the categories and principles we have been using so confidently to narrate what we were sure we knew with certainty. --Mark D. Jordan, Washington University in St. Louis

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Joan Cadden is Professor Emerita of History at University of California, Davis and author of Meanings of Sex Difference in the Middle Ages: Medicine, Science, and Culture.

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