Same-Sex Unions in Premodern Europe
By: John Boswell.
Publisher: Villard Books
Published: 1994
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 412
ISBN-13: 9780679432289
Subjects: Homosexuality -- Europe -- History; Lesbianism -- Europe -- History; Gay marriage -- Europe -- History; Civilization, Medieval
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Preface
pagenum: ix; title: List of Abbreviations
pagenum: xv; title: Introduction
pagenum: xix; label: 1
title: "What's in a name?" : the vocabulary of love and marriage
pagenum: 3; label: 2
title: "For family and country" : heterosexual matrimony in the Greco-Roman world
pagenum: 28; label: 3
title: "A friend inspired by God" : same-sex unions in the Greco-Roman world
pagenum: 53; label: 4
title: "This world is passing away" : views of the new religion
pagenum: 108; label: 5
title: "What God has joined together" : the development of nuptial offices
pagenum: 162; label: 6
title: "Let me not to the marriage of true minds admit impediments" : comparison of same-sex and heterosexual ceremonies of union
pagenum: 199; label: 7
title: The history of same-sex unions in medieval Europe
pagenum: 218; label: 8
title: "Those who see and those who do not" : subsequent developments : a look forward
pagenum: 262; label: 9
title: Epilogue
pagenum: 280; title: Appendices; title: Appendix of translations
pagenum: 283; title: Appendix of documents
pagenum: 345; title: Jewish perspectives
pagenum: 364; title: Manuscripts of the same-sex union
pagenum: 372; title: The Passion of SS. Serge and Bacchus
pagenum: 375; title: Index
pagenum: 391