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Title:Brother-making in late antiquity and Byzantium
monks, laymen, and Christian ritual
From: Claudia Rapp
Person: Rapp, Claudia
1961-
Verfasser
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Main Author: Rapp, Claudia 1961- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: New York, NY Oxford University Press [2016]
Series:Onassis series in Hellenic culture
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195389333.001.0001
https://doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195389333.001.0001
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 Illustrationen, Karten
ISBN:9780199396795
DOI:10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195389333.001.0001