Clergy, Masculinity and Transgression in Late Medieval England

Author / Editor
Cullum, P. H.

Title
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.