BrotherMaking in Late Antiquity and Byzantium by Rapp & Claudia Director of the Division of Byzantine Research & Director of the Division of Byzantine Res

Oxford University Press Inc
BrotherMaking in Late Antiquity and Byzantium by Rapp & Claudia Director of the Division of Byzantine Research & Director of the Division of Byzantine Res
BrotherMaking in Late Antiquity and Byzantium by Rapp & Claudia Director of the Division of Byzantine Research & Director of the Division of Byzantine Res
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  • Title: BrotherMaking in Late Antiquity and Byzantium by Rapp & Claudia Director of the Division of Byzantine Research & Director of the Division of Byzantine Res
  • Author: 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
  • Publisher: Oxford University Press Inc
  • Binding: Hardback
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  • No. of pages: 364
  • Dimensions (approx. mm): 167 x 243 x 29

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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.