Historians Kent Gerard and Gert Hekma make available—for the first time to an English-speaking audience—the best, most recent work on the history of male homosexuality in Early Modern Europe. The role of the male homosexual—during the pivotal era of 1400 to 1800—is thoroughly explored. A wide-ranging group of authors offers relevant and fascinating material on sexual history and sexuality, in general, and on homosexuality and European history, in particular.