This detailed study of the parish clergy in England on the Eve of the break with Rome is based on a wide variety of documentary sources, both ecclesiastical and secular, ranging from diocesan records to sworn evidence offered in litigation and acc
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P. HEATH
Zusammenfassung
First published in 2006. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
Inhalt
Introduction; Chapter 1 I The Priestly Life; Chapter 2 II The Chaplains; Chapter 3 III Preferment; Chapter 4 IV Absenteeism; Chapter 5 V Clerical Learning; Chapter 6 VI Preaching; Chapter 7 VII Clerical Discipline; Chapter 8 VIII The Cost of Living; Chapter 9 IX The Religious Orders and Parish Churches; Chapter 10 X Old Age; Conclusions; Appendix 1 The Registers of Bishop Nikke; Norwich Episcopal Act Books XIII-XVI; Appendix 2; Appendix 3 Letters dimissory in the York registers; Appendix 4 Criminous Clerks; BIBLIOGRAPHY; General Index;