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Same-sex unions in premodern Europe /

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The author traces same-sex unions from Platonic Greece, to Rome, to Christianized Europe, including Catholic and Orthodox liturgies to bless same-sex unions.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Boswell, John, 1947-1994 (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Villard Books, 1994.
Edition:1st ed.
Subjects:
Homosexuality > Europe > History.
Lesbianism > Europe > History.
Same-sex marriage > Europe > History.
Homosexualité > Europe > Histoire.
Homosexuels > Mariage > Europe > Histoire.
Homosexuality.
Lesbianism.
Same-sex marriage.
Europe.
Homosexualität
Lesbische Orientierung
Geschichte
Homoseksuelen.
Huwelijkssluiting.
Civilization, Medieval.
Homosexualität.
Geschichte.
History.
Table of Contents:
  • "What in a name?": the vocabulary of love and marriage
  • "For family and country": heterosexual matrimony in the Greco-Roman world
  • "This world is passing away": views of the new religion
  • "What God has joined together": the development of nuptial offices
  • "Let me not to the marriage of true minds admit impediments": comparison of same-sex and heterosexual ceremonies of union
  • The history of same-sex unions in medieval Europe
  • "Those who see and those who do not ... ": subsequent developments: a look forward.