Topia!: Society: Relationships: Friendship: History and Scholarship (9) See Also: Society: Gay, Lesbian, and Bisexual: History Monastic Love or Just a Friendship? - A paper that discusses the medieval concept of "monastic friendship," as described in the Liber Confortatorius, and relates it to modern ideas about love. Gale Encyclopedia of Psychology: Friendship - Short encyclopedia article about friendship. The Importance of Friendships - Scottish article about friendship and adoslescents. Sarah Orne Jewett and Annie Adams Fields: Boston Marriage and the Cultural Nexus - An article focusing on the Boston Marriage (19th-century practice of committed friendship) between Sarah Jewett and Annie Fields. Boston Marriage Links - A page with many links relating to Boston Marriage, the 19th-century practice of women friends living 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 practice of intense yet nonsexual same-sex love) and the possibility that television characters Xena and Gabrielle are practicing this custom. Epistolary Passions: Friendship and the Literary Public of Constance de Salm, 1767-1845 Iolaus: An Anthology of Friendship - A reprint of a 1908 treatise on historical friendship customs. The Misguided Search for 'Homoeroticism': A Plea for Research on Friendship - An essay discussing the debate over whether same-sex relationships in historical documents were gay relationships or nonsexual friendships, and arguing that historians often label relationships "gay" when the label is not warranted. Additional categories: inflatable boat solar system Locman radio controlled boats Supplies

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