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The marriage of likeness : same-sex unions in pre-modern Europe

Author:John Boswell

Summary:Proves that in pagan Antiquity and during Christianity's first millennium, - for around 2000 years - legal sanction was given to pair-bonding between males, and that societies found little difficulty in accepting the concepts that homosexual ties could indeed be family and familiar relationships.

Print Book, English, 1995, ©1994

Edition:View all formats and editions

Publisher: HarperCollins, London, 1995, ©1994

Genre:History

Physical Description:xxx, 412 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, facsimiles ; 24 cm

ISBN:

9780002555081, 0002555085

OCLC Number / Unique Identifier:60105248

Subjects:

Homoseksualiteit

Homosexuality History

Homosexuality history

Huwelijkssluiting

Liturgies Translations into English

Marriage history

Personnes homosexuelles Mariage Histoire

Same-sex marriage

Same-sex marriage History

Additional Physical Form Entry:

Online version:

Marriage of likeness.

Boswell, John, 1947-

Notes:

Originally published: New York: Villard, 1994

Includes index