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English: John Atherton (1598-1640) (left) and John Childe (16 -1640) (right), from the title page of the anonymous booklet The shameful ende of Bishop Atherton and his Proctor Iohn Childe, published in 1641). John Atherton, Bishop of Waterford and Lismore, was hanged for sodomy under a law that he had helped to institute. His lover was John Childe, his steward and tithe proctor, also hanged.
  • Italiano: Vita e morte di John Atherton. Pamphlet anonimo, 1641.
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Source Louis Crompton: Homosexuality & Civilization, Cambridge, Massachusetts and London, England 2003.
Author AnonymousUnknown author

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