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The Clergy in the Medieval World

Secular Clerics, Their Families and Careers in North-Western Europe, C.800-C.1200

by Julia Barrow

  • Paperback
  • 469 pages
  • Publisher: Cambridge University Press
  • 15 x 22.7 x 2.3 cm

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Unlike monks and nuns, clergy have hitherto been sidelined in accounts of the Middle Ages, but they played an important role in medieval society. This first broad-ranging study in English of the secular clergy examines how ordination provided a framework for clerical life cycles and outlines the influence exerted on secular clergy by monastic ideals before tracing typical career paths for clerics. Concentrating on northern France, England and Germany in the period c.800-c.1200, Julia Barrow explores how entry into the clergy usually occurred in childhood, with parents making decisions for their sons, although other relatives, chiefly clerical uncles, were also influential. By comparing two main types of family structure, Barrow supplies an explanation of why Gregorian reformers faced little serious opposition in demanding an end to clerical marriage in the eleventh and twelfth centuries. Changes in educational provision c.1100 also help to explain growing social and geographical mobility among clerics.
The Clergy in the Medieval World and The White Book (Liber Albus) of Southwell: 2 Volume Set
The White Book (Liber Albus) of Southwell: 2 Volume SetThe Clergy in the Medieval World

  • Author

    Julia Barrow

  • Book Format

    Paperback

  • Publisher

    Cambridge University Press

  • Published

    November 2016

  • Weight

    627g

  • Page Count

    469

  • Dimensions

    15 x 22.7 x 2.3 cm

  • ISBN

    9781107451308

  • ISBN-10

    1107451302

  • Eden Code

    4451921

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