Nuns' Priests' Tales Men and Salvation in Medieval Women's Monastic Life |
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| Author:
| Griffiths, Fiona J. |
| Series title: | The Middle Ages Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-8122-4975-0 |
| Publication Date: | Mar 2018 |
| Publisher: | University of Pennsylvania Press
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $79.95 |
Book Description:
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Nuns' Priests Tales explores the spiritual ideas that motivated priestly service to nuns across Europe and throughout the medieval period, revealing the central role that women played in male spiritual life, and thus moving beyond the reductionist assumption that celibacy defined male spirituality in the age of reform.
Nuns' Priests Tales explores the spiritual ideas that motivated priestly service to nuns across Europe and throughout the medieval period, revealing the central role that women played in male spiritual life, and thus moving beyond the reductionist assumption that celibacy defined male spirituality in the age of reform.