Description: In medieval canon law, it is said that there were two kinds of people: clergy and laity. But on closer examination, what seems to be clear becomes highly complex. This interdisciplinary volume investigates the processes that both stabilised and blurred the boundary between clergy and laity.
Brief description: Geboren 1966; Studium der Ev. Theologie; 1994 Promotion; 1997 Habilitation; 2000-10 Lehrstuhl für Kirchengeschichte in Jena; 2010-21 Lehrstuhlinhaber für Kirchengeschichte in Tübingen; Horace Tracy Pitkin Professor of Historical Theology an der Yale Divinity School.