medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
Greetings all,
"Medieval Christianity in Practice" ed. Miri Rubin contains a wonderful contract whereby a young
man in 1340s Treviso, Italy, apprenticed himself to learn the craft of priesthood (pp. 110-11).
Does anyone have similar examples, or reference to boys training for the priesthood with a priest (rather than at a cathedral or monastery)? Any references welcome, but I'm particularly interested
in more northerly examples from the 12th c. or earlier.
Meg
PS One of the things I particularly like about this document is the way the young man establishes himself as of age (18) and able to act on his own behalf "like a public merchant"
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