Armstrong-Partida, Michelle, 1974-

Defiant priests : domestic unions, violence, and clerical masculinity in fourteenth-century Catalunya / Michelle Armstrong-Partida. - 1 online resource

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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.

9781501707827 1501707825

22573/ctt1pchkrq JSTOR

2016051947


Catholic Church--Clergy--Sexual behavior--History--Spain--Catalonia--To 1500.
Catholic Church--Clergy--Family relationships--History--Spain--Catalonia--To 1500.


Masculinity--Religious aspects--Catholic Church--History--To 1500.
Marriage--Religious aspects--Catholic Church--History--To 1500.
Masculinity--History--Spain--Catalonia--To 1500.
Marriage--History--Spain--Catalonia--To 1500.
RELIGION / Christian Theology / Ecclesiology
HISTORY / Medieval


Catalonia (Spain)--Church history.


Electronic books.

BX1912.9

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