History of celibacy

Florence Plantneyale did not marry. Leonardo da Vinci did not marry. The monks give a vow of celibacy. Prisoners are forced to observe celibacy. History tells about many of those who gave a vow of chastity, and in modern society, interest in abstinence from sexual life is being revived. But what made it - and continues to force these people to give up sexual relations, of the aspect of our Being, who entails, is worried, worries and admire most of the others? In this rapid and bright monographs, celibate - both in a historical retrospect and in the modern world - Elizabeth Abbott convincingly refutes a widely gone look at the clergy as a phenomenon that has a weak attitude towards those who live in peace. She writes that celibacy is not a common time and a widespread phenomenon, a red thread penetrating history, culture and religion. Chosen by virtue of a variety of reasons for their own request or forced the practice of celibate is full of impressive and amazing insights and revelations associated with sexual desires and prompting. Elizabeth Abbott - Writer, Historian, Senior Researcher, Trinity College, University of Toronto, defended his doctoral dissertation at McGill University in Montreal on the history of the XIX century, author of several books, in the number of "History Kurtisanok", "History of Colebata", "Marriage History" other. Her books are translated into sixteen languages ​​of the world