Publisher description for Same-sex unions in premodern Europe / John Boswell.
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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.
From the Trade Paperback edition.
Library of Congress subject headings for this publication: Homosexuality Europe History, Lesbianism Europe History, Same-sex marriage Europe History