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• Author/Creator:Masterson, Mark (Mark Anthony), author.
  
• Title:Between Byzantine men : desire, homosociality, and brotherhood in the medieval empire / Mark Masterson.
  
• ISBN:9780815353829
  0815353820
  9781032284446
  1032284447
  9781351135238
  9781351135214
  9781351135221
  
• Publication:Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2022.
  
• Copyright notice date: ©2022
  
• Physical Description:viii, 220 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 25 cm.
  

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  • Call Number: HQ76.3.B97 M37 2022 (LC)
    
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• Summary:"The presence and importance of same-sex desire between men in the Byzantine Empire has been understudied. While John Boswell and others tried to open a conversation about desire between Byzantine men decades ago, the field reverted to emphasis on prohibition and an inability to read the evidence of same-sex desire between men in the sources. Between Byzantine Men: Desire, Homosociality, and Brotherhood in the Medieval Empire challenges and transforms this situation by placing at centre stage Byzantine men's desiring relations with one another. This book foregrounds desire between men in and around the imperial court of the 900s. Analysis of Greek sources (many untranslated until now) and of material culture reveals a situation both more liberal than the medieval West and important for its rite of brother-making (adelphopoiesis), which was a precursor to today's same-sex marriage. This book transforms our understanding of Byzantine elite men's culture and is an important addition to the history of sex and desire between men. This book will appeal to scholars and general readers who are interested in Byzantine History, Society, and Culture, the History of Masculinity, and the History of Sexuality"--
  
• Other formats:Online version: Masterson, Mark. Between Byzantine men New York : Routledge, 2022
  
• Format:Book
• Series:Routledge research in Byzantine studies
  
• BibliographyIncludes bibliographical references and index.
  
• Subjects:Homosexuality--Byzantine Empire--History.
  Gay men--Byzantine Empire--History.
  Brotherhoods--Byzantine Empire--History.
  Masculinity--Byzantine Empire--History.
  Sex--Byzantine Empire--History.
  Byzantine letters--History and criticism.
  Brotherhoods.
  Byzantine letters.
  Gay men.
  Homosexuality.
  Masculinity.
  Sex.
  Byzantine Empire.
  
• Subjects (Local Yale):LGBTQ resource.