In his De peccato originali (1679), Hadriaan Beverland (1650-1716) presented his thesis that sex was the original sin and a vital part of human nature. Building

This annotated edition of Hadriaan Beverland's De peccato originali (1679) is the first English translation of this infamous work, which presented Beverland's t

In 1679 Hadriaan Beverland (1650-1716) was banished from the province of Holland. Why was this humanist scholar exiled from one of the most tolerant parts of Eu

Cursed Blessings explores the relationship between sexual nonconformity and religious radical dissent in the early modern Western European world. While many stu

Clandestine philosophical manuscripts, made up of forbidden works including erotic texts, political pamphlets, satires of court life, forbidden religious texts,