From priest's whore to pastor's wife : clerical marriage and the process of reform in the early German Reformation

Bibliographische Detailangaben
1. Verfasser: Plummer, Marjorie Elizabeth (VerfasserIn)
Format: Buch
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Farnham, Surrey [u.a.] : Ashgate, 2012
Mit dem übergeordneten Werk verknüpfte Titel:St. Andrews studies in Reformation history
Schlagworte:Marriage Clergy Reformation History of religion Christian aspects of sexuality, gender & relationships Religion Priesterehe Geschichte 1521-1545 Deutschland
Umfang:XV, 340 Seiten
Inhaltsangabe:
  • Medieval dichotomies: concubinage and the celibate clergy
  • "Lest two stomachs suffer want" : clerical marriage and reform in Saxony, 1521-23
  • "More will follow hereafter" : evangelical clergy, public discourse, and the spectacle of weddings, 1523-25
  • "Nothing more than common whores and knaves" : married nuns and monks in the early German Reformation
  • Slanderous words and shameful lives : regulating clerical concubinage in an age of transition
  • "Partner in his calamities" : pastors' wives, nuns' husbands, and the female experience of clerical marriage
  • Caring for God's church : debating marriage and managing the pastors' household, 1526-1545.