Same-Sex Unions in Premodern Europe

Author	: John Boswell
Publisher	: Vintage
Total Pages	: 466
Release	: 2013-08-28
ISBN-10	: 9780804150958
ISBN-13	: 0804150958
Rating	: 4/5 (958 Downloads)

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Download or read book Same-Sex Unions in Premodern Europe written by John Boswell and published by Vintage. This book was released on 2013-08-28 with total page 466 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.

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