Desire where it should not be: monks, love and sex

From the beginning of monasticism to our days, monks were always exposed to sexual temptations, either provoked by women or men from outside, or by fellow monks and underage novices from inside the monasteries. A special problem in the Byzantine age was also posed by the presence of eunuchs. While e...

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Autor principal: Berger, Albrecht
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Publicado: Facultad de Filosofía y Letras, Universidad de Buenos Aires 2018
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spelling I28-R145-6137_oai2025-11-17 Berger, Albrecht 2018-02-10 From the beginning of monasticism to our days, monks were always exposed to sexual temptations, either provoked by women or men from outside, or by fellow monks and underage novices from inside the monasteries. A special problem in the Byzantine age was also posed by the presence of eunuchs. While early monastic rules try to suppress homosexual behavior by strict regulations and threats of punishment, intimate relationships among monks are later widely accepted and even institutionalised.  From the beginning of monasticism to our days, monks were always exposed to sexual temptations, either provoked by women or men from outside, or by fellow monks and underage novices from inside the monasteries. A special problem in the Byzantine age was also posed by the presence of eunuchs. While early monastic rules try to suppress homosexual behavior by strict regulations and threats of punishment, intimate relationships among monks are later widely accepted and even institutionalised. application/pdf https://revistascientificas.filo.uba.ar/index.php/afc/article/view/6137 10.34096/afc.v1i31.6137 eng Facultad de Filosofía y Letras, Universidad de Buenos Aires https://revistascientificas.filo.uba.ar/index.php/afc/article/view/6137/5497 Anales de Filología Clásica; Vol. 1 Núm. 31 (2018): Entre castidad y lujuria: sexo y amor en Bizancio, parte I. Coordinado por Pablo Cavallero y Tomás Fernández; 15-24 2362-4841 0325-1721 Greek monasticism sexual relationships pederasty homosexuality eunuch Greek monasticism sexual relationships pederasty homosexuality eunuchs Desire where it should not be: monks, love and sex Desire where it should not be: monks, love and sex info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion Artículo revisado por pares https://repositoriouba.sisbi.uba.ar/gsdl/cgi-bin/library.cgi?a=d&c=anafilog&d=6137_oai
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topic Greek monasticism
sexual relationships
pederasty
homosexuality
eunuch
Greek monasticism
sexual relationships
pederasty
homosexuality
eunuchs
spellingShingle Greek monasticism
sexual relationships
pederasty
homosexuality
eunuch
Greek monasticism
sexual relationships
pederasty
homosexuality
eunuchs
Berger, Albrecht
Desire where it should not be: monks, love and sex
topic_facet Greek monasticism
sexual relationships
pederasty
homosexuality
eunuch
Greek monasticism
sexual relationships
pederasty
homosexuality
eunuchs
description From the beginning of monasticism to our days, monks were always exposed to sexual temptations, either provoked by women or men from outside, or by fellow monks and underage novices from inside the monasteries. A special problem in the Byzantine age was also posed by the presence of eunuchs. While early monastic rules try to suppress homosexual behavior by strict regulations and threats of punishment, intimate relationships among monks are later widely accepted and even institutionalised. 
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