Clive Burgess

'The Right Ordering of Souls'

The Parish of All Saints' Bristol on the Eve of the Reformation

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Produktbeschreibung

The relationship between people and parish in the late medieval ages illuminated by this study of a remarkable survival from the period.

Produktdetails

• Studies in the History of Medieval Religion
• Verlag: Boydell & Brewer Ltd
• Seitenzahl: 490
• Erscheinungstermin: 19. Februar 2021
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 26mm
• Gewicht: 732g
• ISBN-13: 9781783275847
• ISBN-10: 1783275847
• Artikelnr.: 60095551

Autorenporträt

Dr CLIVE BURGESS held a Senior Lectureship in late medieval history at Royal Holloway, University of London.

Inhaltsangabe

'God is in none land so well served': Placing the late medieval English
parish 'To be showed and declared': Circumstances and sources 'According to
the usage there': Reading testamentary evidence 'Since his decease': The
widows' might 'God amend them': The parish wronged 'In possession for the
profit of the church': Securing commemoration in the parish 'For all future
time': The Halleways' Chantry 'He procured, moved and stirred': Clergy as
mentors 'Well willed men': Leaders, managers and parishioners 'Was but
single and no thing of beauty': Enhancing the parish church 'To the laud
and the loving of Almighty God': Increasing divine service in All Saints'
Conclusion: 'What else, I ask you, is a city than a great monastery?'
Appendices Bibliography Glossary