Same-Sex Unions in Premodern Europe
Nonfiction, Religion & Spirituality, Christianity, Church, Church History, History, Medieval, Social & Cultural Studies, Social Science, Gender Studies
| Author: | John Boswell | ISBN: | 9780804150958 |
| Publisher: | Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group | Publication: | August 28, 2013 |
| Imprint: | Vintage | Language: | English |
| Author: | John Boswell |
| ISBN: | 9780804150958 |
| Publisher: | Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group |
| Publication: | August 28, 2013 |
| Imprint: | Vintage |
| Language: | English |
Both 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.
Both 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.
