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Subject: Re: Edward II's Sexuality
Date: 8 Oct 1997 16:29:39 GMT
In article <>, (Louis Epstein) writes:
>Panshin () wrote:
>: Here's another quote, from G. Rattray Taylor, _Sex in History_ (1953):
>: Block has denied that Edward II was a homosexual, despite his love for
>: Piers Gaveston, but it seems likely that he was, since Higden says that
>: he was 'sleyne with a hoote broche putte thro the secret place
>: posteriale.'
>I fail to see how homosexuality is necessary to make this method of
>killing effective.
I would guess that that was the "popular" method of killing homosexuals.
It is not proof of fact but evidence of perception.
Robert
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