The corrupter of boys: sodomy, scandal, and the medieval clergy

"In the fourth century, clerics began to distinguish themselves from members of the laity by virtue of augmented claims to holiness. Because clerical celibacy was key to this distinction, religious authorities of all stripes-patristic authors, popes, theologians, canonists, monastic founders, a...

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Main Author: Elliott, Dyan 1954- (Author)
Format: Print Book
Language:English
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Published: Philadelphia University of Pennsylvania Press [2020]
In:Year: 2020
Series/Journal:The Middle Ages series
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Church / Clergy / Celibacy / Child / Sexual abuse / Secrecy
IxTheo Classification:HB Old Testament
Further subjects:B Clergy Sexual behavior History To 1500
B Celibacy Christianity History To 1500
B Church History Middle Ages, 600-1500
B Sexual misconduct by clergy History To 1500
B Child sexual abuse by clergy History To 1500
B Church History Primitive and early church, ca. 30-600
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