The Corrupter of Boys: Sodomy, Scandal, and the Medieval Clergy by Dyan Elliott

The Corrupter of Boys: Sodomy, Scandal, and the Medieval Clergy

Middle Ages

Dyan Elliott

448 pages missing pub info (editions)

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In the fourth century, clerics began to distinguish themselves from members of the laity by virtue of their augmented claims to holiness. Because clerical celibacy was key to this distinction, religious authorities of all stripes--patristic author...

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