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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User Review - 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 ... Read full review
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User Review - 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! Read full review
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References to this book
Textbook of Homosexuality and Mental Health Robert P. Cabaj,Terry S. Stein No preview available - 1996 |
Bibliographic information
| Title | Same-sex Unions in Premodern Europe |
| Author | John Boswell |
| Edition | reprint |
| Publisher | Vintage Books, 1995 |
| ISBN | 0679751645, 9780679751649 |
| Length | 412 pages |
| Subjects | › › History / Europe / General Religion / Christianity / History Social Science / LGBT Studies / Gay Studies |
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