Clergy, Masculinity and Transgression in Late Medieval England
- Author / Editor
- Cullum, P. H.
Clergy, Masculinity and Transgression in Late Medieval England
- Published
- D. M. Hadley, ed. Masculinity in Medieval Europe (London and New York: Longman, 1999), pp. 178-96.
- Series
- Women and Men in History.
- Description
- Uses several case studies to assess medieval male clerical behavior and its transgressions. Briefly discusses Nicholas and Absolon of MilT as an illumination of the dilemma of young medieval clerics, caught between their vows of celibacy and their masculinity.
- Alternative Title
- Masculinity in Medieval Europe. Woman and Men in History.
- Chaucer Subjects
- Miller and His Tale.