Medieval Purity and Piety: Essays on Medieval Clerical Celibacy and Religious Reform

by M. Frassetto (Editor)

These new essays examine one of the major developments of the central Middle Ages: the emergence of a celibate clergy. Drawing on the work of historians and scholars of literature and religious studies, this essay collection traces the developing concern in the church militant with matters of purity and religious reform.

Genres: Nonfiction

Hardcover

First published April 1, 1998