d) Byzantium
Bailey, Derrick S., Homosexuality and the Western Christian Tradition,
(London: Longmans, Green, 1955;repr. Hamden, Ct.: Archon/Shoestring Press,
1975)
Absolutely standard work by Anglican priest. No bibliography but text gives
best overview of Church and secular legislation
Beck, Hans-Georg, Byzantinisches Erotikon: Orthodoxie-Literatur-
Gesellschaft, (Munich: 1983)
Boswell, John, Christianity, Social Tolerance and Homosexuality, (Chicago:
Univ. of Chicago Press, 1980) , esp. 137-66
Boswell, John, Same-Sex Unions in Pre-Modern Europe, (New York: Villard,
1994)
Brooten, Bernardette J, Love Between Women: Early Christian Respones to
Female Homoeroticism, (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1996)
The most important book on the classical and early Christian history of
Lesbianism. She attacks the idea that there was no general idea of
"homosexuality" in these periods.
Bullough, Vern L., Sexual Variance in Society and History, (Chicago: Univ.
of Chicago Press, 1976)
see Chapter 12: Byzantium and Eastern Orthodox Christianity.
Dalla, Danilo. "Ubi Venus mutatur": omosessualit e diritto nel mondo
romano. (Milan. 1987)
Dauphin Claudine, Brothels, Baths and Babes Prostitution in the Byzantine
Holy Land, Classics Ireland 3, 1996 [At UCD]
Galatariotou, Catia, "Holy Women and Witches: Aspects of Byzantine
Conceptions of Gender", Byzantine and Modern Greek Studies 9 (1984/85),
55-94
Galatariotou, Catia, "Byzantine Ktetorika Typika: A Comparative Study",
Revue des tudes byzantins 45 (1987), 77- 138
Despite its odd title, this contains one of the best discussions of
Byzantine homosexuality - based on an examination of monastic foundation
documents - the "typika" of the title., esp. pp. 121-124
Galatariotou, Catia, "Eros and Thanatos ", Byzantine and Modern Greek
Studies 13 (1989), 95-137
esp. pp. 105, 117-124
Harrison, Nonna Verna, The Feminine Man in Late Antique Ascetic Piety, [At
Columbia U]
James, Liz. Women, men, and eunuchs : gender in Byzantium. London; New York
: Routledge, 1997.
Jenkins, Romilly J.H., "Constantine VII's Portrait of Michael III", in
Bulletin de las Classes Des Lettres et des Sciences morales et politiques,
Acadmie Royale de Belgique, 5e srie, XXXIV, (1948), 71-77
Koukales, P, The Private Life of the Byzantines
Byzantinon bios kai politismos 8 vols., (Athens: Institut Francais,
1947-57)(in modern Greek) Vol IV, 505-39 on homosexuality: NB sometimes
referred to as Vie et Civilisation byzantines - check for French
translation.
Laiou, Angeliki, Marriage, Amour et parent Byzance aux XIe-XIIIe
sicles, (Paris: De Boccard, 1992)
pp. 74 ff. Contains one of the most important modern analyses of Byzantine
homosexuality.
Levin, Eve, Sex and Society in the World of the Orthodox Slaves, 900-1700,
(Ithaca and London: Cornell University Press, 1989)
Discusses homosexuality - emphasizes that anal sex was the major problem.
Also discusses "same-sex unions" 149-150 , but seems seriously misinformed
in seeing a Slavic blood brotherhood origin and thinking that manuscriots
go back to "at least the 14th century". Boswell has shown much earlier
origins. Shows the general confusion over this issue.
Mullet, Margaret, "Byzantium: A Friendly Society?", Past and Present 118
(1988), pp. 3-23
p. 11 on homosexuality.
Pitsakes, Konstantinos, "He thes ton homophylophilon ste Byzantine Koinia"
in Chrysa A. Maltezou, ed., Praktika Hemeridas: Hoi Peridoriako sto
Byzantio, (Athens: 1993), 171-269
A major article in modern Greek.
Ringrose, Kathryn, "Living in the Shadows: Eunuchs and Gender in
Byzantium", in Gilbert Herdt, ed., Third Sex, Third Gender, (New York:
Zone, 1994), 85-110
Troianos, Spyros, "Kirchliche und weltliches Rechtsquellen zur
Homosexualitt in Byzanz", Jahrbuch des st. Byzantinistik 39 (1989), 29-48
"Ecclesiastical and secular legal sources on Homosexuality in Byzantium". A
vital summary.
Zymaris, Nicholas, "The Rite of `Spiritual Brotherhood', Homosexuality, and
the Orthodox Church", Axios (May 1984), 6-8
Zymaris, who is a long term student of Albania, speaks Albanian and has
visited as recently as 1993 churches in Albania which perform liturgical
same-sex unions.