The Corrupter of Boys: Sodomy, Scandal, and the Medieval Clergy, Hardcover - Dyan Elliott

In the fourth century, clerics began to distinguish themselves from members of the laity by virtue of their augmented claims to holiness. Because c...

Following a long trajectory from late antiquity to the high Middle Ages, Dyan Elliott offers a provocative analysis of the changing religious, emot...

Maureen C. Miller traces the ways in which clerical garb changed over the Middle Ages. Miller goes into detail about craft, artistry, and textiles ...

This book offers a historical survey of attitudes towards same-sex love during the centuries that gave us the Plantagenet court of Henry II and Ele...

Unlike monks and nuns, clergy have hitherto been sidelined in accounts of the Middle Ages, but they played an important role in medieval society, i...

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'A group biography of ecclesiastical nuttiness.' The Times, Books of the Year 2018Publisher: Oneworld PublicationsAuthor(s): The Revd Fergus Butler...

In Sexual Hegemony Christopher Chitty traces the five-hundred year history of capitalist sexual relations by excavating the class dynamics of the b...

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The eccentric members of the English clergy from across history have their humorous and whacky stories recounted in this illustrated book of quirky...

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Publisher: Hardie Grant BooksAuthor(s): Dyani LewisIllustration(s): Text onlyNumber of pages: 128Collection: The Crikey ReadPublication date: 2022D...

The definitive insider story of the cheating scandal that rocked Major League Baseball in 2019, bringing down high-profile coaches and players, and...

Publisher: BiblioLifeAuthor(s): Russell MichaelIllustration(s): Illustrations, colorNumber of pages: 40Publication date: 2009Dimensions: 208 x 137 ...

A concise history of warfare between Ancient Middle Eastern cultures in the age of the Old Testament using archaeology and evidence from the Bible....

A vivid account of the many mistresses of Charles II, the king who was, according to one diarist 'addicted to women'Illustrations: 16pp colour plates

Reducere. Saint Gregory of Tours' comprehensive history of the Frankish people, who ruled over much of what is modern-day France and Germany, is published he...

DescriptionBestselling author David Elliott explores how Joan of Arc changed the course of history and remains a figure of fascination centuries af...

DescriptionHave you ever laughed, slapped your forehead and thought, "What the heck is wrong with these boys?" If this is you, you're not alone. Wh...

Richard Trahair shares an insider's experience of the wide-ranging 'goings on' in a large Church of England diocese in the south of England from th...

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The Despensers were a baronial English family who rose to great prominence in the reign of Edward II (1307-27) when Hugh Despenser the Younger beca...

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Addresses the needs of teachers and advanced students who are preparing classes on the Middle Ages or who find themselves confounded in their studi...

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DescriptionAn investigative journey into the sources of morality in artificial intelligence and how this impacts our society.Offering a rigorous, f...

DescriptionWhile the social identity of women in medieval society hinged largely on the ritual of marriage, identity for men was derived from belon...

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