The Corrupter of Boys: Sodomy, Scandal, and the Medieval Clergy - The Middle Ages Series - Dyan Elliott - Books - University of Pennsylvania Press - 9780812252521 - November 27, 2020
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The Corrupter of Boys: Sodomy, Scandal, and the Medieval Clergy - The Middle Ages Series


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Dyan Elliott demonstrates how scandal-averse policies in conjunction with the requirement of clerical celibacy resulted in the widespread sexual abuse of boys from late antiquity through the later Middle Ages, and argues that the same clerical prerogatives and strategies for the cover-up of abuse remain in place today.


448 pages

Media Books     Hardcover Book   (Book with hard spine and cover)
Released November 27, 2020
ISBN13 9780812252521
Publishers University of Pennsylvania Press
Pages 448
Dimensions 241 × 166 × 35 mm   ·   800 g
Series Editor Karras, Ruth Mazo

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