medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
> I have a vague memory of coming across a text which referred to priests as being 'married' to their parish. So could 'clerical bigamy' simply refer to a priest neglecting this primary relationship to take up with a woman.
Bernadette
> From: "Cormack, Margaret Jean" <[log in to unmask]>
> Date: Thu, 29 Apr 2004 16:07:16 -0400
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> Subject: [M-R] clerical bigamy
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> medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
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> The recent quotation from the Pardoner's Tale has resonance in an Icelandic dream vision,
> also a saint's life, and prompts me to ask for the latest work on "bigamous clerks" - i.e.
> prohibition of clergy having MORE THAN one wife?
> Meg
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