Clothing the Clergy
Church vestments
Europe, social life and customs
Clothing
Authority
Power (Social sciences)
Clothing and dress
Clergy
Catholic Church
Religious aspects
Social aspects
History
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 a…
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