Churches and Churchmen in Medieval Europe and The Heads of Religious Houses

Churches and Churchmen in Medieval Europe

Name: Churches and Churchmen in Medieval Europe
Price: 116.37 GBP
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Author: C. N. L. Brooke
ISBN: 9781852851835

by C. N. L. Brooke

Hardback
288 pages
Publisher: Continuum
15.6 x 23.4 x 2.1 cm

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Considers many facets of the medieval church, dealing with institutions, buildings, personalities and literature. The text explores the origins of the diocese and the parish, the history of the See of Hereford and of York Minster. It discusses the arrival of the archdeacon, the Normans as cathedral builders and the kings of England and Scotland as monastic patrons. The studies of monastic life deal with the European question of monastic vocation and with St Bernard's part in the sensational expansion of the early 12th century. An epilogue takes us to the 14th century, contrasting Chaucer's parson with an actual Norfolk rector.