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"Gay Unions Sanctioned in Medieval Europe"
Amen to that! CLICK HERE to read the interesting article accompanying this headline.
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Gay Unions Sanctioned in Medieval Europe
Civil unions between male couples existed around 600 years ago in medieval Europe, a historian now says.
Historical evidence, including legal documents and gravesites, can be interpreted as supporting the prevalence of homosexual relationships hundreds of years ago, said Allan Tulchin of Shippensburg University in Pennsylvania.
If accurate, the results indicate socially sanctioned same-sex unions are nothing new, nor were they taboo in the past.
“Western family structures have been much more varied than many people today seem to realize," Tulchin writes in the September issue of the Journal of Modern History. "And Western legal systems have in the past made provisions for a variety of household structures.”
For example, he found legal contracts from late medieval France that referred to the term "affrèrement," roughly translated as brotherment. Similar contracts existed elsewhere in Mediterranean Europe, Tulchin said.
In the contract, the "brothers" pledged to live together sharing "un pain, un vin, et une bourse," (that's French for one bread, one wine and one purse). The "one purse" referred to the idea that all of the couple's goods became joint property. Like marriage contracts, the "brotherments" had to be sworn before a notary and witnesses, Tulchin explained.
The same type of legal contract of the time also could provide the foundation for a variety of non-nuclear households, including arrangements in which two or more biological brothers inherited the family home from their parents and would continue to live together, Tulchin said.
But non-relatives also used the contracts. In cases that involved single, unrelated men, Tulchin argues, these contracts provide “considerable evidence that the affrèrés were using affrèrements to formalize same-sex loving relationships."
The ins-and-outs of the medieval relationships are tricky at best to figure out.
"I suspect that some of these relationships were sexual, while others may not have been," Tulchin said. "It is impossible to prove either way and probably also somewhat irrelevant to understanding their way of thinking. They loved each other, and the community accepted that.”
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Oh, and BTW…what does Zac have to do with this?? P-buddy this little obsession has got to find some sort of happy median….dontchathink?
Are you just useing zach to get people to read your article? Because theres like nothing in there about Zach. Dont' try spreading rumours about someone just so peolpe will read what you have to say about gay rights or w/e its about.
you could have atleast used someone whos ACUALLY gay. Like Lance or something.
AM I THE ONLY ONE WHO THINKS THIS GUY IS CLAY AIKEN'S TWIN????
Where did this article come from? I want to know the source of the material.
SEPARATED AT BIRTH: Zac Efron and Clay Aiken
Anyone…..Anyone…..Anyone…..???
perez i think your a very cruel and heartless person,celebrities are just people too. so having them documented and noted for every step they take is kinda really unfair. and also drawing on thieir faces and bodys making it look like theres something there that theres not!britneys in the midle of a break down,,, but yet everyones still following her and watching her every move.COME ON GIVE THEM SOME SPACE!!!
Why Ther Pic Ov Zac Efron Wiv That Info
Um….DUH! They spoke of men (and women) doing this in biblical times - so of course it's nothing new. And BTW…"it's an abomination in God's eyes"…in other words, God doesn't approve of gay lifestyles. And you can't argue with that.
zac is NOT gay you dumbass. find someone new to crush on that is actually homosexual and NOT straight and in a serious relationship. he wouldn't even give your ugly fat ass the time of day even if he WAS gay. so GET OVER IT!
HOMEBOY NEEDS A NEW POSE!… THE HAND BEHIND THE HEAD SHOULD BE LEFT TO THE LADIES…MAN UP!
Hello everyone Im going on the record here to tell you personally Im not gay but because you fags are two blind to See Im dating Vanessa I have to come on here to clear my name… you know what matter of fact it doesn't even need a response from me…. Plus who gives a flying fuck whos gay and who isn't .. As for Perez Hilton …. Reading your post is less interesting than watching paint dry. If wit was spit, your mouth would be drier than a shallow well in an African heat wave. I'd get more pleasure from running my nostrils down a cactus, than reading another contribution from you. Maybe you wouldn't read like such a pathetic loser if you had enough brains to find water after falling down a well; if your weren't so fat that when you stand on the Speaking Scale, it screams, or if you didn't have a face that makes people ask: "Damn, is it Halloween already?" Who am I kidding? You would.
Finally, take a look at this map. See this little tiny island, way out in the Pacific Ocean? That's where the people who care live.
Dear PerezHilton Reading your post is less interesting than watching paint dry. If wit was spit, your mouth would be drier than a shallow well in an African heat wave. I'd get more pleasure from running my nostrils down a cactus, than reading another contribution from you. Maybe you wouldn't read like such a pathetic loser if you had enough brains to find water after falling down a well; if your weren't so fat that when you stand on the Speaking Scale, it screams, or if you didn't have a face that makes people ask: "Damn, is it Halloween already?" Who am I kidding? You would.
Finally, take a look at this map. See this little tiny island, way out in the Pacific Ocean? That's where the people who care live. p.s Im not a fag….. sorry queens this dick is for chicks!!!
Clearly, you have lost your fingertip grip on reality and have descended into an abyss of irreversible lunacy. I see you've set aside this special time to humiliate yourself on the Internet. However, I'll consider letting you have the last word if you guarantee it will be your last. As Robert Wilensky said: "We've all heard that a million monkeys banging on a million typewriters will eventually reproduce the entire works of Shakespeare. Now, thanks to the Internet, we know this is not true."
You are about as entertaining as watching grass grow in a windowbox. What do you do for a living? You are living, aren't you? You are like watching Amputee Field Hockey: pathetic, and very quickly disgusting. Maybe you wouldn't come across as such a jellyfish-sucking mental midget if you'd had enough oxygen at birth; if your weren't so fat that a "Place Your Billboard Ad Here" is printed on each of your butt cheeks, or if you didn't have a face that makes people ask: "Damn, is it Halloween already?" Who am I kidding? You would.
In closing, I helpfully suggest that you support your local Search & Rescue Unit, and get lost.
FUCK TRADITION!!!!!!!!!!!!! WHO THE FUCK CARES WHAT HAS BEEN DONE BEFORE NO MATTER HOW LONG IT'S BEEN IN PRACTICE? TRADITIONAL VALUES? THE EXCUSE OF THE HATERS. I LIVE MY LIFE AS I SEE FIT NOT WHAT "HISTORY" TELLS ME. IF YOU WANT TO BLINDLY FOLLOW SOMEONE ELSE'S "VALUES" GO AHEAD BUT STAY THYE FUCK OFF MINE!!!!
gay… not gay… who cares!!! He's gorgeous!!!!
zac is not gay.ur to mean and u sud stop bashing celebs. hes hot and hes gunna just become a bigger star
He is not gay!JUST SUPER HOT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
dude zac efron is soo gay!!
i didnt read what it said i was too lazy
, fantastic,
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dude how gay can u get hes a man slut who is he goin sleep with next?
hes a fat dum whore that thinks he all that
that blurry guy in the background looks HOT!
what i want to know is why people deny someone is gay. Do you even have proof that this kid ISNT gay? and who cares anyway. its not like calling him gay is degrading.
and to #73 - djsa
Burning at the stake happened in and before the Mideval ages in Europe as well as in America during whatever time you were talking about. If america tought WORLD history instead of their own pathetic history maybe you kids would have fucking learned it.
i don't care he's so hot.
FUCK u Perez ZAC EFROM is NOT Gay…..ok u got that……i think your the one thats GAY.
I LOVE ZAC ERON
who the hell is this kid anyway?? is he famous for taking it up the butt??
The guy in the background looks like Drake Bell from Drake & Josh. Zac is so pretty. I don't think he's gay. He's just a pretty young man.
whats zac efron got to do with gay guys zac is the hottest and i dont think hes gay
hes not gay cos hes goi out with frikin v.hugens cos theres thousand of pics of them snogging there faces off on the beach
whats with the pic of zac, i dont get it?
Ok Thats It. I've Read Enough Already seriouslyy all you zac efron haters out there that think hes gay and w/e else can go suck a dick! noone's asking for your opinion ok. and zac efron is dating vanessa hudgenss for ur information u pathetic losers. Go buy your self some magazines and read about it than actually sitting here all day writing what you hate about zac. seriously you guys,, i reallly feel sorry for you. you have nothing better to do than just hate people you dont even know (get a life). and if you guys actually get to meet zac [ which will never happen ] you might see him for who he really is. Not a gay guy !! but a really caring person thatt will stand up for himself no matter what it takes. i have a wuestion for you ! How Would You Feel If Someone Calls You Gay ?? [ which you guys actuallyy are ] [ only the ones that hate zac ] But Seriouslyy Take Time And Think About Your Feeelings.
Peace.
love ya zac.
it might be the makeup but you gotta admit he gots beautiful skin
okay shuttup, thats why hes "inlove" with his girlfriend right, stop talking about him errybodie loves him ; cmon perez whatre yu tryna doo turn him gay so yu cud have him?
oh and 211
nicee try wtf doo yu have nothing better too do then pretend too be zac efron, celebritys dont really respond to these blogs i think they have something better too doo then read what perez ugly rites
word i knew we've (gay peeps) been aroung forever but historical civil unions that shiz is awsome
omg this article has nothin to do wit zac. he is so fine!!! he is so cute!!!!
For a gay rights plug that's even more interesting tap "pederasty" or ancient grecian homosexuality into wikipedia…
… apparently, the leaders of the time used to encourage homosexuality as a method of population control
he's gay! he is a fuckin queen! girls, get over it! just by looking at him i know hes gay. i am gay, and lots of girls are shocked that i am, believe me, girls get mad about silly things like this. WHO THE FUCK CARES!!!
ITS NOT LIKE SAYING SOMEONE IS GAY IS A FUCKING INSULT! GET OVER IT LADIES
and this article was very interesting. i didnt even know that "brothers" thing even existed!
GO PEREZ I HATE HIM HE IS GAAAAAAAYYYYYYYYY NO OFFENSE YOUR THE COOOL KIND OF GAY
OH AND 211 OR THE SO CALLED REAL ZACK EFRON STOP HATIN !
ON PEREZ AND IF IT IS YOU EFRON YOU R NOT IN LOVE CUZ SHE DUMPED YO ASS! CUZ U SIT ON YOUR FAT ASS! REANDIN BLOGS! OH AND BY THE WAY PEREZ I HEART U AS MUCH AS A FELLOW BLOGGER CAN BUT NOT IN THE GAY WAY
Perez you were rith about miller, but I'm not sure about this guy
Anyway thank you for posting this. Really interesting read
All the cute 12-year old girls pissed about the picture :']
He IS so gay :]
huhu yooo1 ao hello brrr cold? omg omg omg TREVOR !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!