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

Folger bibliographic ID: 265892
Folger call number: BR307 .P6 2012
Folger holdings ID: 351706

General notes

Includes bibliographical references (p. [293]-330) and index

Contents

Medieval dichotomies: concubinage and the celibate clergy -- "Lest two stomachs suffer want" : clerical marriage and reform in Saxony, 1521-1523 -- "More will follow hereafter" : evangelical clergy, public discourse, and the spectacle of weddings, 1523-1525 -- "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

Extended title: From priest's whore to pastor's wife : clerical marriage and the process of reform in the early German Reformation / Marjorie Elizabeth Plummer

Reformation Clergy Marriage Catholic Church. Archdiocese of Mainz (Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany) Catholic Church. Archdiocese of Magdeburg (Germany)

author: Plummer, Marjorie Elizabeth
subject: Catholic Church. Archdiocese of Mainz (Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany)
subject: Catholic Church. Archdiocese of Magdeburg (Germany)