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Same-sex unions in premodern Europe / John Boswell.
LIBRA HQ1034.E85 B68 1995
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Boswell, John, 1947-1994.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Homosexuality--Europe--History.
- Homosexuality.
- Lesbianism--Europe--History.
- Lesbianism.
- Same-sex marriage--Europe--History.
- Same-sex marriage.
- Civilization, Medieval.
- History.
- Europe.
- Genre:
- History.
- Penn Provenance:
- Gotham Book Mart (former owner) (Gotham Book Mart Collection copy)
- Physical Description:
- xxx, 412 pages, 14 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 21 cm
- Edition:
- First Vintage Books edition.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Vintage Books, 1995.
- Summary:
- The distinguished Yale historian's treatise on his sensational discovery of a same-sex marriage ceremony--sanctioned and routinely performed by the Church throughout the Early Christian and Middle Ages. In debating the "gay marriage ceremony", he provides an odyssey through history and societal attitudes. 8-page photo insert.
- Contents:
- "What's in a name?" : the vocabulary of love and marriage
- "For family and country" : heterosexual matrimony in the Greco-Roman world
- "A friend inspired by God" : same-sex unions 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
- Appendices. Appendix of translations ; Appendix of documents ; Jewish perspectives ; Manuscripts of the same-sex union ; The Passion of SS. Serge and Bacchus.
- Notes:
- Originally published: New York : Villard Books, 1994.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Local Notes:
- Gift of the William Way LGBT Community Center.
- Other Format:
- Online version: Boswell, John, 1947-1994. Same-sex unions in premodern Europe.
- ISBN:
- 0679751645
- 9780679751649
- 9780679432289
- 0679432280
- OCLC:
- 32823068
- Online:
- Inhaltsverzeichnis Same sex unions in premodern Europe
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