“I defy anyone with any feel for the English language to dip into this book and not become completely absorbed." Noel Malcolm recommends his favourite non-fiction books on @bookshop-org-uk.bsky.social uk.bookshop.org/lists/noel-m... - ThreadSky

duffcooperprize.bsky.social • 30 days ago

“I defy anyone with any feel for the English language to dip into this book and not become completely absorbed." Noel Malcolm recommends his favourite non-fiction books on @bookshop-org-uk.bsky.social
https://uk.bookshop.org/lists/noel-malcolm-s-recommended-reads

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duffcooperprize.bsky.social•30 days ago

‘Forbidden Desire in Early Modern Europe: Male-Male Sexual Relations, 1400-1750 is astonishing: one of the most compelling and accomplished pieces of social history that I have read.’
@rhodrilewis.bsky.social in @prospectmagazine.co.uk
https://www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/culture/65021/man-to-man-noel-malcolm-forbidden-desire-review

duffcooperprize.bsky.social•30 days ago

‘Malcolm resists the wishful thinking of historians who double as gay activists and back-project “anachronistic sexual significances” on to blameless friendships between medieval men.’
@observeruk.bsky.social Peter Conrad on Forbidden Desire in Early Modern Europe
https://www.theguardian.com/books/2024/jan/28/forbidden-desire-in-early-modern-europe-male-male-sexual-relations-1400-1750-review-by-noel-malcolm-christianitys-barbaric-war-against-homosexuality

duffcooperprize.bsky.social•30 days ago

‘The follow-on conclusion is surprising, but, as one might expect from Malcolm, also logical, impressive and inevitable.’
@janmachielsen.bsky.social reviews Forbidden Desire in Early Modern Europe in @thetls.bsky.social £
https://www.the-tls.co.uk/history/early-modern-history/forbidden-desire-in-early-modern-europe-by-noel-malcolm-book-review

duffcooperprize.bsky.social•30 days ago

'One of the most thought-provoking books I have read in some time, Forbidden Desires is an ambitious comparative study'
@cathfletcher.bsky.social reviews Forbidden Desire in Early Modern Europe for @historytoday.com
https://www.historytoday.com/archive/review/forbidden-desire-early-modern-europe-noel-malcolm-review

duffcooperprize.bsky.social•30 days ago

‘A book of startling originality and depth. The abundance of Malcolm’s archival research, the range of languages and the geographical diversity of his material are stupendous’ Richard Davenport-Hines reviews Forbidden Desire @thespectator1828.bsky.social https://www.spectator.co.uk/article/flirting-in-15th-century-florence/

duffcooperprize.bsky.social•30 days ago

'In extraordinary wide-ranging detail it reveals a particular pattern of male same-sex behaviour detectable over three millennia ... that does not look like what the modern West calls homosexuality.'
Diarmaid MacCulloch in @thetimes.com £
https://www.thetimes.com/culture/article/forbidden-desire-in-early-modern-europe-by-noel-malcolm-review-rn8gvmzpk

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