The marriage of likeness: same-sex unions in pre-modern Europe

John Boswell

HarperCollins, 1995 - History - 412 pages

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Review: The Marriage Of Likeness: Same Sex Unions In Pre Modern Europe

User Review  - Aaron - Goodreads

This huge work of scholarship brings to light pre-modern documents concerning heterosexual marriages and same-sex unions. Don't be fooled by the title! Our modern sense of the phrase "same-sex unions ...

Review: The Marriage Of Likeness: Same-Sex Unions In Pre-modern Europe

User Review  - Balthazar Lawson - Goodreads

Despite 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 ...

Contents

• The Vocabulary: 3
• Heterosexual: 28
• SameSex: 53

Bibliographic information

• Title: The marriage of likeness: same-sex unions in pre-modern Europe
• Author: John Boswell
• Edition: illustrated, reprint
• Publisher: HarperCollins, 1995
• ISBN: 0002555085, 9780002555081
• Length: 412 pages
• Subjects: Civilization, Medieval; History / Europe / General; Homosexuality; Lesbianism; Liturgies; Psychology / Human Sexuality; Same-sex marriage; Social Science / Gay Studies; Social Science / Lesbian Studies; Social Science / Sociology / Marriage & Family