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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
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Thibodeaux, Jennifer D. (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: London : Palgrave Macmillan UK : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2010.
Series:Genders and sexualities in history.
Subjects:
History.
Cultural History.
European History.
History of Medieval Europe.
History of Philosophy.
History of Science.
Modern History.
Civilization > History.
History, Modern.
Philosophy.
Europe > History-476-1492.
Europe > History.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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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.
Item Description:Electronic resource.
Physical Description:1 online resource (XIII, 269 pages)
ISBN:9780230290464
DOI:10.1057/9780230290464