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Brother-making in late antiquity and Byzantium : monks, laymen, and Christian ritual

An exhaustive treatment of ritual brotherhood in Byzantium, this book challenges the 'Boswell Thesis' and argues that the ecclesiastical ritual to bless a relationship between two men bears no resemblance to marriage, but has its origins in early monasticism

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Main Author: Rapp, Claudia (Author, VerfasserIn)
Document Type: Online Resource Book
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Oxford University Press , 2016
Series:Onassis series in Hellenic culture
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Online Access:http://proxy.fid-lizenzen.de/han/oup-ebooks-altertum/dx.doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195389333.001.0001
Author Notes:Claudia Rapp
E-Book Packages:Oxford Scholarship Online: Classical Studies Collection
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Summary:An exhaustive treatment of ritual brotherhood in Byzantium, this book challenges the 'Boswell Thesis' and argues that the ecclesiastical ritual to bless a relationship between two men bears no resemblance to marriage, but has its origins in early monasticism
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource illustrations (black and white), maps (black and white)
ISBN:9780199396795