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Same-Sex Unions in Premodern Europe

Paperback / softback

Main Details

Title Same-Sex Unions in Premodern Europe
Authors and Contributors      By (author) John Boswell
Physical Properties
Format:Paperback / softback
Pages:464
Dimensions(mm): Height 203,Width 131
ISBN/Barcode 9780679751649
ClassificationsDewey:306.766094
Audience
General

Publishing Details

Publisher Random House USA Inc
Imprint Vintage Books
Publication Date 30 May 1995
Publication Country United States

Description

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.

Author Biography

John Boswell (1947-1994) won the 1981 American Book Award for history for his groundbreaking work Christianity, Social Tolerance, and Homosexuality: Gay People in Western Europe from the Beginning of the Christian Era to the Fourteenth Century.

Reviews

"Boswell's book provides us with a whole new [historical] model for adult gay relationships."--Natalie Zemon Davis, Princeton University "I have the greatest respect for John Boswell as an historian and as a person of integrity, and I feel his work will be of great help to the church in dealing with gay marriages."--Episcopal Bishop Paul Moore of New York