Marriage in Byzantium: Christian Liturgical Rites from Betrothal to Consummation

Author:   Gabriel Radle (Yale University, Connecticut)
Publisher:   Cambridge University Press
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9781009469562


Pages:   468
Publication Date:   23 January 2025
Format:   Hardback
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Marriage in Byzantium: Christian Liturgical Rites from Betrothal to Consummation


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Author:   Gabriel Radle (Yale University, Connecticut)
Publisher:   Cambridge University Press
Imprint:   Cambridge University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 17.10cm , Height: 3.10cm , Length: 25.10cm
Weight:   0.970kg
ISBN:  

9781009469562


ISBN 10:   1009469568
Pages:   468
Publication Date:   23 January 2025
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Introduction; Part I. The Christianization of Ancient Marriage Ritual: 1. Pre-Christian Marriage Ritual in the Mediterranean World; 2. Early Christian Weddings in the Eastern Mediterranean; Part II. Byzantine Marriage Rituals Before and Beyond the Liturgical Books: 3. Marriage Ritual in Law and Literature; 4. Marriage in Visual and Material Evidence; Part III. Marriage Rites in Byzantine Liturgical Manuscripts: 5. The Byzantine Euchologion: Sources and Methods; 6. Rites of Betrothal; 7. Rites of Marriage; 8. Rites of the Bridal Chamber; Conclusion: Byzantine Marriage Beyond Byzantium; Appendix I. Chronological List of Manuscripts Consulted; Appendix II. Sample of Marriage Rites in the Manuscript Sources.

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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.

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