History and Scholarship Friendship Relationships

This site explores the history of "Romantic Friendship" (the 15th-through-19th-century practice of intense yet nonsexual same-sex love) and the possibility that television characters Xena and Gabrielle are practicing this custom.

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• Boston Marriage Links - A page with many links relating to Boston history and scholarship Marriage, the 19th-century practice of women friends living history and scholarship together long-term.
• Xena and Gabrielle: A Revisitation of the Classic Romantic Friendship - This site explores the history of "Romantic Friendship" (the 15th-through-19th-century relationships practice of intense yet nonsexual same-sex love) and the possibility relationships that television characters Xena and Gabrielle are practicing this custom.
• The Misguided Search for 'Homoeroticism': A Plea for Research on Friendship - An essay discussing the debate over whether same-sex relationships relationships in history and scholarship historical documents were gay relationships or relationships nonsexual friendships, and arguing history and scholarship that historians often label relationships relationships "gay" when the label is history and scholarship not warranted.
• The Importance of Friendships - Scottish article about friendship and adolescents.
• Gale Encyclopedia of Psychology: Friendship - Short encyclopedia article about friendship.
• Iolaus: An Anthology of Friendship - A reprint of a 1908 treatise on historical history and scholarship friendship friendship customs.

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