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Record Number:
4721
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Title:
Owe armiu phaffheite: Heinrich von Melk's Views on Clerical Life [The poet Heinrich von Melk criticizes priests for their unworthy behavior. They try to justify their wives and concubines, but they will be punished in the afterlife. Title note supplied by Feminae.].
Source:
Medieval Purity and Piety: Essays on Medieval Clerical Celibacy and Religious Reform. Edited by Michael FrassettoGarland Medieval Casebooks Series. Garland Publishing, 1998. Pages 337 - 352.
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Article Type:
Essay
Subject
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:
Celibacy in Literature
Clergy- Sexual Behavior
Heinrich von Melk, Poet
Lay Piety
Literature- Verse
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Geographic Area:
Germany
Century:
12
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Year of Publication:
1998.
Language:
English
ISSN/ISBN:
0815324308