Displaying 1 of 1 1995 Format: Book Author: Boswell, John, 1947-1994. Title: Same-sex unions in premodern Europe / John Boswell. Edition: 1st Vintage Books ed. Publisher, Date: New York : Vintage Books, 1995. Description: xxx, 412 pages, [14] pages of plates : illustrations ; 21 cm Subjects: Homosexuality -- Europe -- History. Lesbianism -- Europe -- History. Same-sex marriage -- Europe -- History. Civilization, Medieval. Notes: Originally published: New York : Villard Books, 1994. Includes bibliographical references and index. Contents: "What's in a name?" : the vocabulary of love and marriage -- "For family and country" : heterosexual matrimony in the Greco-Roman world -- "A friend inspired by God" : same-sex unions in the Greco-Roman world -- "This world is passing away" : views of the new religion -- "What God has joined together" : the development of nuptial offices -- "Let me not to the marriage of true minds admit impediments" : comparison of same-sex and heterosexual ceremonies of union -- The history of same-sex unions in medieval Europe -- "Those who see and those who do not-- " : subsequent developments : a look forward -- Appendices. Appendix of translations ; Appendix of documents ; Jewish perspectives ; Manuscripts of the same-sex union ; The Passion of SS. Serge and Bacchus. LCCN: * 93044831 ISBN: 0679751645 * 0679432280 9780679751649 9780679432289 0679432280 0679751645 9780679751649 0679432280 Other Number: 32823068 System Availability: 1 Current Holds: 0 # Local items: 1 Control Number: 712223 # Local items in: 1 # System items in: 1 Call Number: 306.766 Boswell Place Hold Add to My List Expand All | Collapse All Availability Map It Suggestions and more Displaying 1 of 1
