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The corrupter of boys : sodomy, scandal, and the medieval clergy / Dyan Elliott.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Elliott, Dyan, 1954- author.
- Series:
- Middle Ages series
- The Middle Ages series
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Clergy--Sexual behavior--History--To 1500.
- Clergy.
- Sexual misconduct by clergy--History--To 1500.
- Sexual misconduct by clergy.
- Child sexual abuse by clergy--History--To 1500.
- Child sexual abuse by clergy.
- Celibacy--Christianity--History--To 1500.
- Celibacy.
- Church history--Primitive and early church, ca. 30-600.
- Church history.
- Church history--Middle Ages, 600-1500.
- Celibacy--Christianity.
- Church history--Middle Ages.
- Church history--Primitive and early church.
- Clergy--Sexual behavior.
- Genre:
- History.
- Physical Description:
- viii, 378 pages ; 25 cm.
- Other Title:
- Sodomy, scandal, and the medieval clergy
- Place of Publication:
- Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, [2020]
- Summary:
- "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, and commentators-became progressively sensitive to sexual scandals that involved the clergy and developed sophisticated tactics for concealing or dispelling embarrassing lapses. The fear of scandal dictated certain lines of action and inaction, the consequences of which are painfully apparent today. This book discusses how the scandal-averse policies, which existed at every conceivable level of the ecclesiastical hierarchy, in conjunction with the requirement of clerical celibacy, resulted in the widespread sexual abuse of boys and male adolescents"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Machine generated contents note: PART I
- ch. 1 The Scandal Of Clerical Sin
- ch. 2 The Trouble With Boys
- ch. 3 The Problem With Women
- ch. 4 Sodomy On The Cusp Of The Eleventh And Twelfth Centuries
- ch. 5 Confession, Scandal, And The "Sin Not Fit To Be Named"
- PART II
- Prologue
- ch. 6 The Monastery
- ch. 7 The Choir
- ch. 8 The Schools
- ch. 9 The Episcopal Curia.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 331-366) and index.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Rosengarten Family Fund.
- ISBN:
- 9780812252521
- 0812252527
- OCLC:
- 1144482524
- Publisher Number:
- 99991091797
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