Homosexuality in Medieval Europe

Download or read book Homosexuality in Medieval Europe written by Tobias Lanslor and published by Cambridge Stanford Books. This book was released on with total page 97 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Although the church condemned homosexuality in the late Middle Ages, they had not been too worried about homosexual behavior, and such an attitude also prevailed in the secular world. However, around the thirteenth century, these tolerant attitudes changed dramatically. Some historians relate this change to the climate of fear and intolerance that prevailed in the century against minority groups that departed from the norm of the majority. This persecution reached its peak in the medieval Inquisition, when the Cathars and Waldenses sects were accused of obscenity, sodomy and Satanism. In 1307, accusations of sodomy and homosexuality were important during the Knights Templar trial.