title: Sodomy in medieval secular law.
abstract: In the 13th century, legislation dealing with sodomy and other moral crimes was strongly influences by the prevailing Catholic ideology. As a result, affenders were sought out by members of the lay confranternities, tried in the courts of the Inquisition, and generally punished with the death penalty.
mesh_terms: D002410:Catholicism; D005060:Europe; D049691:History, Medieval; D006716:Homosexuality / Q000266:history; D006801:Humans; D007603:Jurisprudence / Q000266:history*; D008297:Male; D012069:Religion and Psychology; D012742:Sex Offenses / Q000266:history*