Acts Of Sodomy In Florence

In Florence the term of sodomy was used as “a basic key to the complex code of sexual word plays the permeate the entire genre of ‘burlesque’ poetry and bawdy carnival songs” (Rocke, 1996, p. 4). In Rocke’s (1996) paper it shows the laws dating back to the fourteenth century against sodomy were found though they were not always enforced within that society (p. 4). Acts of sodomy were not ideal in society at this time because with the church being in rule they regarded sodomy as a sin because it was destructive (Rocke, 1996, p.4). However, since it was never stated as how it was considered a sin only one can presume it was because the act of men loving men in a manner that did not result in prosperity for their society. This meant that reproduction