The Clergy in the Medieval World
Title | The Clergy in the Medieval World PDF eBook |
Author | Julia Barrow |
Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
Pages | 471 |
Release | 2015-01-15 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 1107086388 |
The first broad-ranging social history in English of the medieval secular clergy.
Clothing the Clergy
Title | Clothing the Clergy PDF eBook |
Author | Maureen Catherine Miller |
Publisher | |
Pages | 0 |
Release | 2014 |
Genre | Authority |
ISBN | 9780801449826 |
Maureen C. Miller traces the ways in which clerical garb changed over the Middle Ages. Miller goes into detail about craft, artistry, and textiles and contributes to our understanding of the religious, social, and political meanings of clothing, past and present.
Churches and Churchmen in Medieval Europe
Title | Churches and Churchmen in Medieval Europe PDF eBook |
Author | C. N. L. Brooke |
Publisher | A&C Black |
Pages | 364 |
Release | 1999-01-01 |
Genre | Religion |
ISBN | 9781852851835 |
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.
A Companion to Priesthood and Holy Orders in the Middle Ages
Title | A Companion to Priesthood and Holy Orders in the Middle Ages PDF eBook |
Author | Greg Peters |
Publisher | BRILL |
Pages | 399 |
Release | 2015-11-02 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 9004305866 |
In A Companion to Priesthood and Holy Orders in the Middle Ages, a select group of scholars explain the rise and function of priests and deacons in the Middle Ages. Though priests were sometimes viewed through the lens of function, the medieval priesthood was also defined ontologically–those marked by God who performed the sacraments and confected the Eucharist. While their role grew in importance, medieval priests continued to fulfil the role of preacher, confessor and provider of pastoral care. As the concept of ordination changed theologically the practices and status of bishops, priests and deacons continued to be refined, with many of these medieval discussions continuing to the present day.
Men in the Middle
Title | Men in the Middle PDF eBook |
Author | Steffen Patzold |
Publisher | Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG |
Pages | 262 |
Release | 2016-05-24 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 3110444488 |
This volume studies local priests as central players in small communities of early medieval Europe. As clerics living among the laity, priests played a double role within their communities: that of local representatives of the Church and religious experts, and that of owners of land and other goods. By virtue of their membership of both the ecclesiastical and the secular world, they can be considered as ‘men in the middle’: people who brought politico-religious ideas and ideals to secular communities, and who linked the local to the supra-local via networks of landownerhsip. This book addresses both roles that local priests played by approaching them via their manuscripts, and via the charters that record transactions in which they were involved. Manuscripts once owned by local priests bear witness to their education and expertise, but also indicate how, for instance, ideals of the Carolingian reforms reached the lowest levels of early medieval society. The case-studies of collections of charters, on the other hand, show priests as active members of networks of the locally powerful in a variety of European regions. Notwithstanding many local variations, the contributions to this volume show that local priests as ‘men in the middle’ are a phenomenon shared by the early medieval world as a whole.
Priests and Their Books in Late Anglo-Saxon England
Title | Priests and Their Books in Late Anglo-Saxon England PDF eBook |
Author | Gerald P. Dyson |
Publisher | Boydell & Brewer |
Pages | 298 |
Release | 2019 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 1783273666 |
Fresh perspectives on the English clergy, their books, and the wider Anglo-Saxon church.
Church and People in the Medieval West, 900-1200
Title | Church and People in the Medieval West, 900-1200 PDF eBook |
Author | Sarah Hamilton |
Publisher | Routledge |
Pages | 432 |
Release | 2015-08-12 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 1317325338 |
During the middle ages, belief in God was the single more important principle for every person, and the all-powerful church was the most important institution. It is impossible to understand the medieval world without understanding the religious vision of the time, and this new textbook offers an approach which explores the meaning of this in day-to-day life, as well as the theory behind it. Church and People in the Medieval West gets to the root of belief in the Middle Ages, covering topics including pastoral reform, popular religion, monasticism, heresy and much more, throughout the central middle ages from 900-1200. Suitable for undergraduate courses in medieval history, and those returning to or approaching the subject for the first time.