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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.

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Author:   C. N. L. Brooke
Publisher:   Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Imprint:   Hambledon Continuum
Dimensions:   Width: 15.60cm , Height: 3.10cm , Length: 23.40cm
Weight:   0.300kg
ISBN:  

9781852851835

ISBN 10:   185285183
Pages:   348
Publication Date:   01 July 1999
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand  
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Language:   English

Table of Contents

Rural ecclesiastical institutions in England - the search for their origins; the diocese of Hereford, 676-1200; York Minster from the 9th to the early 13th centuries; the missionary at home - the church in the towns, 1000-1250; the medieval town as an ecclesiastical centre; the bishops of England and Normandy in the 11th century - a contrast; the archdeacon and the Norman conquest; princes and kings as patrons of monasteries - Normandy and England, 1066-1135; King David I of Scotland as a connoisseur of the religious orders; the Normans as cathedral builders; St Bernard, the patrons of the Cistercians and monastic planning; monk and canon - some patterns in the religious life of the 12th century; priest, deacon and layman, from St Peter Damian to St Francis; John of Salisbury and his world; Chaucer's parson.

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