Disabled clerics in the late Middle Ages : un/suitable for divine service? /
The petitions received and the letters sent by the Papal Chancery during the Late Middle Ages attest to the recognition of disability at the highest levels of the medieval Church. These documents acknowledge the existence of physical and/or mental impairments, with the papacy issuing dispensations a...
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| Idioma: | inglês |
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Amsterdam :
Amsterdam University Press,
[2023]
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| coleção: | Premodern health, disease and disability.
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| Acesso em linha: | https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=3520469 |
Sumário:
- List of figures
- Preface
- Introduction: a formal dialogue
- 1. Legal origins of the prohibition on clerical disability
- 2. Aetiologies of impairment: congenital, geriatric, and acquired conditions
- 3. Joining the clergy
- 4. Staying in the clergy
- 5. Leaving the clergy
- Conclusion
- Index.