A historical study of male homosexuality in sixteenth-century Western Europe, this work approaches same-sex desire as a subject shaped by social norms, legal frameworks, religious attitudes, and cultural expression in the early modern period. Rather than treating sexuality as an isolated theme, it situates it within the broader historical landscape of the time, examining how male homosexual experience was understood, regulated, and represented across Western European societies. The title evokes the Faust tradition, suggesting an inquiry into hidden, transgressive, or alternative histories. Based on the available metadata, the book appears to combine historical research with a focus on marginalized sexual identities, offering a specialized perspective on a topic often underrepresented in general histories of the period.