Celibate Marriages in Late Antique and Byzantine Hagiography: The Lives of Saints Julian and Basilissa, Andronikos and Athanasia, and Galaktion and Ep

Celibate Marriages in Late Antique and Byzantine Hagiography: The Lives of Saints Julian and Basilissa, Andronikos and Athanasia, and Galaktion and Ep

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Publisher's Synopsis

This title explores the puzzling phenomenon of continent marriage as depicted in the lives of three couples who achieved sainthood. Marriage without intercourse appears to have no purpose, especially in Christian antiquity, yet these three tales were copied for centuries.

Book information

ISBN: 9781441115256
Publisher: Continuum
Imprint: Continuum
Pub date:
DEWEY: 235.20922
DEWEY edition: 23
Number of pages: 340
Weight: 668g
Height: 234mm
Width: 164mm
Spine width: 24mm