Review of the book "A Gay History of Britain: Love and Sex Between Men Since the Middle Ages"

Authors of the book: Matt Cook (Author), H. G. Cocks (Author), Robert Mills (Author)

Review:
“The authors are professors of history and English at Birbeck and Kings Colleges in London and Baruch College in New York. In chapters focusing on six British eras from the Middle Ages to the present, they examine through literature and other primary documents how intimate emotional and/or sexual relationships between men were understood and defined by those involved and their societies. Among other things, they demonstrate that it was not until the 1700s that the notion of a "gay" identifying minority of men existed and separated them from the rest. The final chapter catalogs gay reform in Britain and its modern legacy.”–Reference & Research Book News