King James and the History of Homosexuality

by Michael Young and Michael B. Young

James VI & I, the namesake of the King James Version of the Bible, had a series of notorious male favorites. No one denies that these relationships were amorous, but were they sexual?

Michael B. Young merges political history with recent scholarship in the history of sexuality to answer that question. More broadly, he shows that James's favorites had a negative impact within the royal family, at court, in Parliament, and in the nation at large...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1781555435
• ISBN13: 9781781555439
• Release Date: September 2016
• Publisher: Fonthill Media
• Length: 264 Pages
• Weight: 1.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.2" x 9.3"