{"product_id":"defiant-priests-domestic-unions-violence-and-clerical-masculinity-in-fourteenth-century-catalunya-paperback-softback-9781501748424","title":"Defiant Priests; Domestic Unions, Violence, and Clerical Masculinity in Fourteenth-Century Catalunya (Paperback \/ softback) 9781501748424","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eDefiant Priests\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eDomestic Unions, Violence, and Clerical Masculinity in Fourteenth-Century Catalunya\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eMichelle Armstrong-Partida (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781501748424\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 15 April 2020\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e366 pages, - 2 Maps\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 2.4 cm, 0.907 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eDefiant Priests\u003c\/i\u003e is a detailed and engaging study of the ecclesiastical responsibilities, household organization, and survival strategies of clerics in fourteenth-century Catalunya, and it makes an important contribution to this growing body of literature [exploring clerical responses to the rigid demands of Christian church reform measures].... The volume of [visitation] records used in the study is striking, and the wealth of relationships that Armstrong-Partida has identified within them makes the book a valuable contribution to the field.\u003c\/p\u003e - Roisin Cossar (American Historical Review) \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eDefiant Priests\u003c\/i\u003e enormously extends the work initiated by scholars on the spot to provide an instructive and continuously illuminating account of the domestic bliss enjoyed (or suffered) by the local clergy.\u003c\/p\u003e (Journal of Ecclesiastical History) \u003cp\u003eThis is a study tightly focused in place and time. [Defiant Priests] raises plenty of important questions for further exploration.\u003c\/p\u003e (Bulletin of Spanish Studies)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTwo hundred years after canon law prohibited clerical marriage, parish priests in the late medieval period continued to form unions with women that were marriage all but in name.\u003c\/b\u003e In \u003ci\u003eDefiant Priests\u003c\/i\u003e, Michelle Armstrong-Partida uses evidence from extraordinary archives in four Catalan dioceses to show that maintaining a family with a domestic partner was not only a custom entrenched in Catalan clerical culture but also an essential component of priestly masculine identity.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFrom unpublished episcopal visitation records and internal diocesan documents (including notarial registers, bishops' letters, dispensations for illegitimate birth, and episcopal court records), Armstrong-Partida reconstructs the personal lives and careers of Catalan parish priests to better understand the professional identity and masculinity of churchmen who made up the proletariat of the largest institution across Europe. These untapped sources reveal the extent to which parish clergy were embedded in their communities, particularly their kinship ties to villagers and their often contentious interactions with male parishioners and clerical colleagues. \u003ci\u003eDefiant Priest\u003c\/i\u003es highlights a clerical culture that embraced violence to resolve disputes and seek revenge, to intimidate other men, and to maintain their status and authority in the community.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroduction: Understanding Priestly Masculinity\u003cbr\u003e 1. Marriage Defines the Parish Priest\u003cbr\u003e 2. Proof of Manhood: Priests as Husbands and Fathers\u003cbr\u003e 3. Laymen in Priestly Robes\u003cbr\u003e 4. \"Quarrelsome\" Men: Violence and Clerical Masculinity\u003cbr\u003e 5. Becoming a Priest: Clerical Role Models and Clerics-in-Training\u003cbr\u003e 6. Hierarchy, Competition, and Conflict: The Parish as a Battleground\u003cbr\u003e Conclusion\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cornell University Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52607790088472,"sku":"9781501748424","price":23.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/defiant-priests-domestic-unions-violence-and-clerical-masculinity-in-fourteenth-century-catalunya-paperback-softback-9781501748424","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}