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.
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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.
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