Church and Society in the Medieval North of England

Name: Church and Society in the Medieval North of England
Brand: Continnuum-3PL
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By Dobson, R. B.

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English history has usually been written from the perspective of the south, from the viewpoint of London or Canterbury, Oxford or Cambridge. Yet throughout the middle ages life in the north of England differed in many ways from that south of the Humber. In ecclesiastical terms, the province of York, comprising the dioceses of Carlisle, Durham and York, maintained its own identity, jealously guarding its prerogatives from southern encroachment. In their turn, the bishops and cathedral chapters of Carlisle and Durham did much to prevent any increase in the powers of York itself. Barrie Dobson is the leading authority on the history of religion in the north of England during the later middle ages. In this collection of essays he discusses aspects of church life in each of the three dioceses, identifying the main features of religion in the north and placing contemporary religious attitudes in both a social and a local context. He also examines, among other issues, the careers of individual prelates, including Alexander Neville, archbishop of York and Richard Bell, bishop of Carlisle (1478-95); the foundation of chantries in York; and the writing of history at York and Durham in the later middle ages.

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Edition:: 1
Number of Pages:: 340
Release Date:: 1996-08-01
Publication Date:: 1996-07-01
Publisher:: Continnuum-3PL
Languages:: Original: English
ISBN10:: 1852851201
ISBN13:: 9781852851200
GPSR Manufacturer Reference:: [email protected]
Weight:: 675 g
Height:: 161 cm
Width:: 240 cm
Thickness:: 23 cm

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