From shame to sin: the Christian transformation of sexual morality in late antiquity

When Rome was at its height, an emperor`s male beloved, victim of an untimely death, would be worshipped around the empire as a god. In this same society, the routine sexual exploitation of poor and enslaved women was abetted by public institutions. Four centuries later, a Roman emperor commanded th...

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Main Author: Harper, Kyle 1979- (Author)
Format: Print Book
Language:English
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Published: Cambridge, Mass. [u.a.] Harvard Univ. Press 2013
In: Revealing antiquity (20)
Year: 2013
Series/Journal:Revealing antiquity 20
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Christianity / Sexual ethics / Shame / Sin / Late Antiquity
Further subjects:B Sex History To 1500
B Rome Moral conditions
B Rome Moral conditions
B Sex Religious aspects Christianity
B Sexual ethics History To 1500
B Sexual ethics History To 1500
B Sex History To 1500
B Civilization, Classical
B Sex Religious aspects Christianity
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