CHAPTER XVII

. THE CELIBACY OF THE CLERGY.

Object of the obligation, 258--Opposition to it, 259--Introduced late in the Saxon period, 260--Endeavour to enforce it in Norman and later times, 261--Evasion of the canons, 268--Legal complications, 270--Popular view, 271--Disabilities of sons of the clergy, 273--Dispensations for it, 275.

## CHAPTER XVIII . VISITATION ARTICLES AND RETURNS.

Visitation of parishes, 279--Visitation questions, 280--Examples from returns to the questions, 285--Popular estimation of the clergy, 289.

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