How Historians Study Gay History | Sir Noel Malcolm: The History of Homosexuality (1/4)

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The same romantic behaviours have been categoried in radically different ways by varying cultures throughout history. This has created numerous issues for professional historians when trying to understand the historical homosexuality. In this lecture, these issues are covered as well as the stark differences in who was considered sexually 'deviant' in the High Islamic Age as well as The Renaissance Mediterranean. The book upon which these lectures were based, has been nominated for the 2025 The Duff Cooper Prize. It can be purchased here: https://uk.bookshop.org/p/books/forbidden-desire-in-early-modern-europe-male-male-sexual-relations-1400-1750-sir-noel-malcolm/7538178?aid=13657&ean=9780198886334 Sir Noel Malcolm is a British historian and author, known for his work in early modern history and the relationship between Europe and the Islamic world. He's a Senior Research Fellow at All Souls College, Oxford, and has written extensively on Thomas Hobbes, among other subjects. Knighted in 2014, he's also a Fellow of the British Academy and the Royal Society of Literature — Follow the Pharos Foundation — Website: https://pharos.foundation/ Twitter: https://x.com/Pharosofficial Instagram: pharos_foundation #history #podcast #gayhistory #islamicgoldenage #renaissance #foucault