The Clergy in the Medieval World by Julia Barrow - 9781107086388

The Clergy in the Medieval WorldSecular Clerics, their Families and Careers in North-Western Europe, c.800c.1200\nAuthor(s): Julia Barrow\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Cambridge University Press, United Kingdom\nImprint: Cambridge University Press\nISBN-13: 9781107086388, 978-1107086388\nSynopsis\nUnlike monks and nuns, clergy have hitherto been sidelined in accounts of the Middle Ages, but they played an important role in medieval society. This first broad-ranging study in English of the secular clergy examines how ordination provided a framework for clerical life cycles and outlines the influence exerted on secular clergy by monastic ideals before tracing typical career paths for clerics. Concentrating on northern France, England and Germany in the period [url] Julia Barrow explores how entry into the clergy usually occurred in childhood, with parents making decisions for their sons, although other relatives, chiefly clerical uncles, were also influential. By comparing two main typ.