Same-sex Unions in Premodern EuropeBoth highly praised and intensely controversial, this brilliant book produces dramatic evidence that at one time the Catholic and Eastern Orthodox churches not only sanctioned unions between partners of the same sex, but sanctified them--in ceremonies strikingly similar to heterosexual marriage ceremonies. |
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Comentariu Utilizator - Balthazar-Lawson - LibraryThingDespite a certain amount of enlightenment, I did not enjoy reading this book one bit. It was too academic for me and how could it be anything other than that seeing as it contained 20 pages of ancient ... Citiți recenzia completă
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Comentariu Utilizator - ruric - LibraryThingBoswell has drawn on a wide range of sources from a number of countries which seem to describe same sex unions which were santified and sanction by the church and other legal and administratove bodies. Accessible read supported by very thorough footnotes! Citiți recenzia completă
Cuprins
The Vocabulary | 3 |
Heterosexual | 28 |
A Friend Inspired by God SameSex | 53 |
Views | 108 |
The Development of Nuptial Offices | 162 |
Let Me Not to the Marriage of True Minds | 199 |
The History of SameSex Unions | 218 |
Those Who See and Those Who | 262 |
Epilogue | 280 |
Appendix of Translations | 283 |
Appendix of Documents | 345 |
Jewish Perspectives | 364 |
Manuscripts of the SameSex Union | 372 |
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Informații bibliografice
| Titlu | Same-sex Unions in Premodern Europe |
| Autor | John Boswell |
| Ediție | retipărită |
| Editor | Vintage Books, 1995 |
| ISBN | 0679751645, 9780679751649 |
| Lungime | 412 pagini |
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