Defiant priests : domestic unions, violence, and clerical masculinity in fourteenth-century Catalunya / Michelle Armstrong-Partida.

Author
Armstrong-Partida, Michelle, 1974- [Browse]
Format
Book
Language
English
Published/​Created
  • Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2017.
  • ©2017
Description
1 online resource (xvi, 346 pages)

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Summary note
In Defiant Priests, Michelle Armstrong-Partida uses evidence from extraordinary archives in four Catalan dioceses to show that maintaining a family with a domestic partner was not only a custom entrenched in Catalan clerical culture but also an essential component of priestly masculine identity.
Bibliographic references
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Contents
  • Introduction : understanding priest masculinity
  • Marriage defines the priest
  • Proof of manhood : priests as husbands and fathers
  • Laymen in priestly robes
  • "Fighting" men : violence and priestly masculinity
  • Becoming a priest : clerical role models and clerics-in-training
  • Hierarchy, competition, and conflict : the parish as a battleground.
ISBN
  • 9781501707827 ((electronic book))
  • 1501707825 ((electronic book))
  • 1501707736
  • 9781501707735
LCCN
2016051947
OCLC
962409876
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