The corrupter of boys : sodomy, scandal, and the medieval clergy

Dyan Elliott demonstrates how scandal-averse policies in conjunction with the requirement of clerical celibacy resulted in the widespread sexual abuse of boys from late antiquity through the later Middle Ages, and argues that the same clerical prerogatives and strategies for the cover-up of abuse re...

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Bibliographische Detailangaben

1. Verfasser:	Elliott, Dyan 1954- (VerfasserIn)
Format:	E-Book
Sprache:	English
Veröffentlicht:	Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, [2020]
Mit dem übergeordneten Werk verknüpfte Titel:	The Middle Ages series
Schlagworte:	Celibacy Child sexual abuse by clergy Church history Clergy Sexual misconduct by clergy Electronic books HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / Norman Conquest to Late Medieval (1066-1485)
Umfang:	1 Online-Ressource (viii, 378 Seiten)