Negotiating Clerical Identities Priests, Monks and Masculinity in the Middle Ages

Clerics in the Middle Ages were subjected to differing ideals of masculinity, both from within the Church and from lay society. The historians in this volume interrogate the meaning of masculine identity for the medieval clergy, by considering a wide range of sources, time periods and geographical c...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Thibodeaux, Jennifer D. (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: London Palgrave Macmillan UK 2010, 2010
Series:Genders and Sexualities in History
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Collection: Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
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Summary:Clerics in the Middle Ages were subjected to differing ideals of masculinity, both from within the Church and from lay society. The historians in this volume interrogate the meaning of masculine identity for the medieval clergy, by considering a wide range of sources, time periods and geographical contexts
Physical Description:XIII, 269 p online resource
ISBN:9780230290464