"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. "
Is there a historical record of legalized gay relationships. I don't know if these point to marriage, but they do point to a history of legally recognized gay families.
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