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The Clergy in the Medieval World

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

by Julia Barrow

    • Author

      Julia Barrow

    • Book Format

      Paperback

    • Publisher

      Cambridge University Press

    • Published

      November 2016

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      Product Description

      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.

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      • Author

        Julia Barrow

      • Book Format

        Paperback

      • Publisher

        Cambridge University Press

      • Published

        November 2016

      • Weight

        627g

      • Page Count

        469

      • Dimensions

        150 x 227 x 23 mm

      • ISBN

        9781107451308

      • ISBN-10

        1107451302

      • Eden Code

        4451921

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      • Author/Creator: Julia Barrow

      • ISBN: 9781107451308

      • Publisher: Cambridge University Press

      • Release Date: November 2016

      • Weight: 627g

      • Dimensions: 150 x 227 x 23 mm

      • Eden Code: 4451921

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