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'''Alan Bray''' (13 October 1948 - 25 November 2001) was a British historian and gay rights activist. He was a Roman Catholic and had a particular interest in Christian attitudes to homosexuality. | '''Alan Bray''' (13 October 1948 - 25 November 2001) was a British historian and gay rights activist. He was a Roman Catholic and had a particular interest in Christian attitudes to homosexuality. | ||
A series of [[Alan Bray Memorial Lecture]]s have been instituted in his memory. | |||
British historians Michael Hunter, Miri Rubin, and Laura Gowing have co-edited the book <cite>Love, Friendship and Faith in Europe, 1300-1800</cite> (Palgrave Macmillan, 2005), which is a collection of essays inspired by Bray's idea of finding some universal component of homosexaulity within the experiences of intimacy and friendship without "locating a discourse that identifies persons as homosexual" | |||
==Bibliography== | ==Bibliography== | ||
*''Homosexuality in Renaissance England'', 1982 | *''Homosexuality in Renaissance England'', 1982 | ||
*''The Friend'', 2002 (published posthumously) | *''[[The Friend]]'', 2002 (published posthumously) | ||
[[Category:Historians]] | |||
Revision as of 12:37, 12 February 2012
Alan Bray (13 October 1948 - 25 November 2001) was a British historian and gay rights activist. He was a Roman Catholic and had a particular interest in Christian attitudes to homosexuality.
A series of Alan Bray Memorial Lectures have been instituted in his memory.
British historians Michael Hunter, Miri Rubin, and Laura Gowing have co-edited the book Love, Friendship and Faith in Europe, 1300-1800 (Palgrave Macmillan, 2005), which is a collection of essays inspired by Bray's idea of finding some universal component of homosexaulity within the experiences of intimacy and friendship without "locating a discourse that identifies persons as homosexual"
Bibliography
- Homosexuality in Renaissance England, 1982
- The Friend, 2002 (published posthumously)