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"The Southern Low Countries were among Europe's core regions for the repression of sodomy during the late medieval period. As the first comprehensive study on sodomy in the Southern Low Countries, this book charts the prosecution of sodomy in some of the region's leading cities, such as Bruges, Ghent and Antwerp, from 1400 to 1700 and explains the reasons behind local differences and variations in the intensity of prosecution over time. Through a critical examination of a range of sources, this study also considers how the urban fabric perceived sodomy and provides a broader interpretive framework for its meaning, and menace, for the local culture"--

Cities and towns --- Homosexualité masculine --- Male homosexuality --- Sodomy --- Villes --- History --- Histoire --- Homosexualité masculine. --- Sodomie (relations sexuelles) --- History. --- Sociology of the family. Sociology of sexuality --- History of the Low Countries --- urban history --- homosexuality --- Zuidelijke Nederlanden --- anno 1400-1499 --- anno 1500-1599 --- anno 1600-1699 --- Flanders --- History of civilization