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Record Number:
7981
Author(s)/Creator(s):
McLaughlin , Megan.
Contributor(s):
Title:
The Bishop as Bridegroom: Marital Imagery and Clerical Celibacy in the Eleventh and Early Twelfth Centuries [The author argues that reformers used the longstanding image of the bishop as a bridegroom of his church to combat problems of lay investiture, simony, and episcopal elections. In instances of clerical celibacy, the bridegroom allegory complicated matters. Nevertheless, it was not entirely eliminated from the debate. McLaughlin suggests this is an indication of the importance of the bridegroom metaphor to the reformist program. 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 209 - 237.
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Article Type:
Essay
Subject
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:
Bishops
Bridegroom, Image of
Celibacy
Clergy- Sexual Behavior
Ecclesiastical Reform
Investiture Contest
Marriage, Image of
Popes
Simony
Award Note:
Geographic Area:
General
Century:
11-12
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Megan McLaughlin focuses more on ideology than on power, in "The Bishop as Bridegroom: Marital Imagery and Clerical Celibacy in the Eleventh and Early Twelfth Centuries." Her study of how reform-minded bishops in the eleventh century adopted the image of
Author's Affiliation:
University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
Conference Info:
- , -
Year of Publication:
1998.
Language:
English
ISSN/ISBN:
0815324308