Clothing the clergy

Abstract

MILLER Maureen C. Clothing the clergy : virtue and power in medieval Europe, c. 800-1200 Ithaca : Cornell University press, 2014, XVIII-286 p. ISBN 978-0-8014-7943-4 EUR 930 Résumé éditeur : After initial ambivalence about distinctive garb for its ministers, early Christianity developed both liturgical garments and visible markers of clerical status outside church. From the ninth century, moreover, new converts to the faith beyond the Alps developed a highly ornate style of liturgical attire...