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This may fall a bit far afield for you, but Procopius describes the circus
factions behavior leading up to the Nika riots in similar terms. Though
in this case, if I recall correctly, he views it more as a mental illness
rather than a disease.
Thomas Cramer
Department of History
University of Washington
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> Dear List-Members,
> In a class on gender and sexuality my students were reading parts of Peter
> Damian's Book of Gomorrah and noticed the way Damian uses the language of
> disease to describe homosexual behaviors. Are any of you familiar with the
> use of this kind of language to describe of other vices/sins besides sexual
> ones and heresy?
>
> Paula Rieder
> Department of History
> University of Nebraska-Kearney
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