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medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture Not sure if it's relevant but here in Wales (as elsewhere on the European periphery) clerical marriage seems to have been the norm throughout the medieval period. By the early C16 even marriage of abbots was acceptable (though I don't have any references to other members of monastic communities being married). So some deacons are very likely to have been married - though again I can't find any specific references. Maddy Madeleine Gray PhD, FRHistS, FSA Professor of Ecclesiastical History/Athro Hanes Eglwysig School of Humanities and Social Sciences /Ysgol Ddyniaethau a Gwyddoniaethau Cymdeithasol University of South Wales/Prifysgol De Cymru Caerleon Campus/Campws Caerllion, Newport/Casnewydd NP18 3QT Tel: +44 (0)1633.432675 http://www.southwales.ac.uk http://twitter.com/penrhyspilgrim http://twitter.com/HeritageUSW http://twitter.com/USWHistory 'Let the victors, when they come, When the forts of folly fall, Find thy body by the wall!' ________________________________________ From: medieval-religion - Scholarly discussions of medieval religious culture [[log in to unmask]] on behalf of Cormack, Margaret Jean [[log in to unmask]] Sent: Tuesday, January 27, 2015 9:24 PM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: [M-R] deacons - marriage and functions medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture Greetings all, Does anyone know or can you suggest good material (not Wikipedia, which I can access on my own) on the question of when and where in the Catholic tradition deacons were allowed to marry? I have Icelandic references to the (attempted?) introduction of deaconal celibacy. I'd also be interested in any good studies of the deaconate in the early church, and of the changes introduced in Vatican 2, whereby they are allowed to baptize and marry people (as well as being married, but apparently not re=marry if their wife dies.) Thanks to all, Meg ********************************************************************** To join the list, send the message: subscribe medieval-religion YOUR NAME to: [log in to unmask] To send a message to the list, address it to: [log in to unmask] To leave the list, send the message: unsubscribe medieval-religion to: [log in to unmask] In order to report problems or to contact the list's owners, write to: [log in to unmask] For further information, visit our web site: http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/medieval-religion ********************************************************************** To join the list, send the message: subscribe medieval-religion YOUR NAME to: [log in to unmask] To send a message to the list, address it to: [log in to unmask] To leave the list, send the message: unsubscribe medieval-religion to: [log in to unmask] In order to report problems or to contact the list's owners, write to: [log in to unmask] For further information, visit our web site: http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/medieval-religion