The Manly PriestDuring the High Middle Ages, members of the Anglo Norman clergy not only routinely took wives but also often prepared their own sons for ecclesiastical careers. As the Anglo Norman Church began to impose clerical celibacy on the priesthood, reform needed to be carefully negotiated, as it relied on the acceptance of a new definition of masculinity for religious men, one not dependent on conventional male roles in society. The Manly Priest tells the