Male Friendship and Testimonies of Love in Shakespeare's England Quotes

“Same-sex contact between men was part of the fabric of everyday life. But to raise a hue and cry about such contact was also a weapon in the arsenal of the slanderer, the fabulist and the blackmailer.”
― Will Tosh, Male Friendship and Testimonies of Love in Shakespeare's England

“In 1976, Michel Foucault was the first to argue that sexual identity was a modern evolution, and that to speak of hetero- or homosexuality in the pre-modern era was anachronistic.”
― Will Tosh, Male Friendship and Testimonies of Love in Shakespeare's England