What God Kept for Himself - Atheism, Sodomy, and Radical Dissent in Renaissance Italy

In early modern Italy, a wave of Inquisition trials prosecuted radical dissenters for their claims that Adam and Eve had angered God by engaging in sodomy-a sexual practice reserved for the divine. Such statements, which led to charges of atheism, played a key role in fueling broader critiques of Church corruption and Christian morality.

Info autore

Umberto Grassi is an independent scholar based in Pisa, Italy. He is the author of Riverbanks and Bathhouses: Sodomy in a Renaissance City as well as the editor of Cursed Blessings: Sex and Religious Dissent in Early Modern Europe and Mediterranean Crossings: Sexual Transgressions in Islam and Christianity.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Umberto Grassi
• Editore: University Presses
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 17.02.2026
• EAN: 9780674302860
• ISBN: 978-0-674-30286-0
• Serie: I Tatti Studies in Italian Renaissance History
• Categorie: Scienze umane, arte, musica > Storia > Età moderna fino al 1918; Europe, European History, RELIGION / Religion, Politics & State, RELIGION / Christian Theology / History, HISTORY / Modern / 17th Century, HISTORY / Europe / Italy, Italy, Christianity, General & world history, History of Religion, Religion & politics, 17th century, c 1600 to c 1699, Early modern history: c 1450/1500 to c 1700, General and world history, Religion and Politics, C 1600 To C 1700, European history: Renaissance, HISTORY / Europe / Renaissance