The marriage of likeness : same-sex unions in pre-modern Europe
Boswell, John, 1947-1995
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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.
Main title:
The marriage of likeness : same-sex unions in pre-modern Europe / John Boswell.
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Imprint:
London : HarperCollins, 205, c1994.
Collation:
xxx,412p,[8]p of plates. : ill., facsims. ; 24cm.
Notes:
Originally published: New York: Villard, 1994.Includes index.
ISBN:
9780002555081
Dewey class:
306.766
Language:
English
BRN:
5379