Was king james of the bible gay
Bergeron argues that on the contrary they reveal an inward desire of king and subject in a mutual exchange of love. The lucid, lively narrative generously includes newly collected letters between the king and George Villiers, duke of Buckingham, passionate, touching, amazing missives that will interest every reader concerned with same-sex love in any age.
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And the answer, to me at least, is yes. While the evidence pointing to King James being a homosexual is pretty plentiful, we must first look at something else. It is important to note that King James got married when he was 23 years old on November 23, to Anne of Denmark.
In early modern southern Europe, hundreds of men were tried and executed for sodomy. But in northern Europe, very few cases were prosecuted. Low rates of prosecution can indicate one of two things. Either an unwillingness to prosecute a crime, or that the crime occurred infrequently.