Henry of Huntingdon: Clerical Celibacy and the Writing of History

By the time that Henry, archdeacon of Huntingdon, completed the first edition of his Historia Anglorum, about 1129, four reform councils had made it quite clear, even to the stubbornly resistant English clergy, that subdeacons, deacons and priests should not have wives, concubines or sons with cleri...

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Main Author: Partner, Nancy F. 1942- (Author)
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Language:English
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Published: Cambridge University Press [1973]
In: Church history
Year: 1973, Volume: 42, Issue: 4, Pages: 467-475
IxTheo Classification:KAE Church history 900-1300; high Middle Ages
KBF British Isles
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