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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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VerfasserIn: Rapp, Claudia (VerfasserIn)
Dokumenttyp: Online-Ressource Buch
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: New York, NY : Oxford University Press , 2016
Schriftenreihe:Onassis series in Hellenic culture
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Online Zugang:http://proxy.fid-lizenzen.de/han/oup-ebooks-altertum/dx.doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195389333.001.0001
Verantwortlich:Claudia Rapp
E-Book-Pakete:Oxford Scholarship Online: Classical Studies Collection
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Zusammenfassung: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
Beschreibung:1 Online-Ressource illustrations (black and white), maps (black and white)
ISBN:9780199396795