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The Manly Priest : Clerical Celibacy, Masculinity, and Reform in England and Normandy, 1066-1300 /
During the High Middle Ages, members of the Anglo-Norman clergy not only routinely took wives but also often prepared their own sons for ecclesiastical careers. As the Anglo-Norman Church began to impose clerical celibacy on the priesthood, reform needed to be carefully negotiated, as it relied on t...
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Philadelphia :
University of Pennsylvania Press,
[2015]
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| Colección: | The Middle Ages Series
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Introduction. Gendered Bodies and Gendered Identities
- Chapter 1. The Manly Celibate
- Chapter 2. Legal Discourse and the Reality of Clerical Marriage
- Chapter 3. The Marginality of Clerical Sons
- Chapter 4. "The Natural Right of a Man": The Clerical Defense of Traditional Masculinity
- Chapter 5. "They ought to be a model and example": The Expansion of Religious Manliness
- Chapter 6. Policing Priestly Bodies: The Conflict of Masculinities Among the Norman Parish Clergy
- Conclusion The Manly Priest
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
- Acknowledgments