Brother-Making in Late Antiquity and Byzantium: Monks, Laymen, and Christian Ritual - Onassis Series in Hellenic Culture - Rapp, Claudia (Director of the Division of Byzantine Research, Director of the Division of Byzantine Research, Institute for Medieval Studies, Austrian Academy of Sciences, Austria) - Books - Oxford University Press Inc - 9780195389333 - March 10, 2016
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Brother-Making in Late Antiquity and Byzantium: Monks, Laymen, and Christian Ritual - Onassis Series in Hellenic Culture

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The first 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.


368 pages, 11 figures, 2 maps

Media Books     Hardcover Book   (Book with hard spine and cover)
Released March 10, 2016
ISBN13 9780195389333
Publishers Oxford University Press Inc
Pages 364
Dimensions 243 × 167 × 29 mm   ·   777 g
Language English  

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