Throughout the early middle ages there were Brotherhood ceremonies, but should that be defined the way we would define same sex-unions today? While homosexuality has been going on since the dawn of civilization, I don't believe that it was publically recognized or even publically announced within the middle ages. ... Boswell states that there are precedents for homosexual marriage, in particular in the Eastern Orthodoxy, during the late Byzantine period. ... During the early middle ages, marital unions were established through a process that had many stages. ... In conclusion, to say t...

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