Marriage in Byzantium - Christian Liturgical Rites From Betrothal to Consummation

"Brings together ritual texts, visual representations, objects, and historical narratives to trace the social process of marriage formation in the pre-modern Mediterranean world. Recreates the colorful ceremonies employed and explores what they reveal about family ties, religious belief and practice, sexuality, law, and gender relations"--

About the author

Gabriel Radle is Assistant Professor of Liturgical Studies at the Divinity School and Institute of Sacred Music, Yale University. He previously served as the Rev. John A. O'Brien Assistant Professor of Liturgical Studies in the Department of Theology at the University of Notre Dame. He has held international fellowship appointments at Dumbarton Oaks, the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, and Princeton University, as well as a Humboldt Fellowship at the University of Regensburg. He specializes in late antique and medieval Christian liturgy and has published numerous articles and chapters, along with four coedited volumes on Eastern Christian ritual culture.

Product details

• Authors: Gabriel Radle, Gabriel (University of Notre Dame Radle, Gabriel (Yale University Radle, Radle Gabriel
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.01.2025
• EAN: 9781009469562
• ISBN: 978-1-0-0946956-2
• No. of pages: 468
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / Marriage & Family, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology of Religion, RELIGION / Christian Rituals & Practice / Worship & Liturgy, RELIGION / Christianity / General, HISTORY / Byzantine Empire, Christianity, CE period up to c 1500, Sociology: family & relationships, Ancient History, Christian liturgy, prayerbooks & hymnals, Ancient history: to c 500 CE, Sociology: family and relationships, C 500 CE To C 1000 CE, Byzantine Empire, Prayers and liturgical material