Pastoral Care in Late Anglo-Saxon England

Name: Pastoral Care in Late Anglo-Saxon England
Brand: Boydell Press
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By Francesca Tinti

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The tenth and eleventh centuries saw a number of very significant developments in the history of the English Church, perhaps the most important being the proliferation of local churches, which were to be the basis of the modern parochial system. Using evidence from homilies, canon law, saints' lives, and liturgical and penitential sources, the articles collected in this volume focus on the ways in which such developments were reflected in pastoral care, considering what it consisted of at this time, how it was provided and by whom. Starting with an investigation of the secular clergy, their recruitment and patronage, the papers move on to examine a variety of aspects of late Anglo-Saxon pastoral care, including church due payments, preaching, baptism, penance, confession, visitation of the sick and archaeological evidence of burial practice. Special attention is paid to the few surviving manuscripts which are likely to have been used in the field and the evidence they provide for the context, the actions and the verbal exchanges which characterised pastoral provisions.

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Edition:: illustrated
Number of Pages:: 162
Release Date:: 2005-09-15
Publication Date:: 2005-09-01
Publisher:: Boydell Press
Languages:: Original: English
ISBN10:: 1843831562
ISBN13:: 9781843831563
GPSR Manufacturer Reference:: [email protected]
Weight:: 414 g
Height:: 161 cm
Width:: 240 cm
Thickness:: 14 cm

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