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John Boswell

John Boswell (1947–1994) won the 1981 American Book Award for history for his groundbreaking work Christianity, Social Tolerance, and Homosexuality: Gay People in Western Europe from the Beginning of the Christian Era to the Fourteenth Century.
Never Make the First Offer
Same-Sex Unions in Premodern Europe

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Never Make the First Offer
Same-Sex Unions in Premodern Europe

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