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"Although I believe this was the first time the idea of a real marriage between the two women had been seriously proposed in scholarly literature, none of the many critics of CSTH has challenged it."
King
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One of Boswell's most credible critics was like "well actually the adelphopoesis ritual wasn't anything like marriage, it was a treaty/kinship/allegiance thing"
In this chapter he's talking about how solemn oaths between men were sometimes a treaty/kinship/allegiance thing
Him: what if this was sometimes a gay thing, on top of all the other things it could be?
Critics: what if it was NEVER a gay thing???
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@alpine_thistle oh yes definitely nothing like marriage, something which was historically used v frequently as a treaty/kinship/allegiance thing
