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1 online resource (379 pages) |
| Series |
Religion, Politics and Society in Britain |
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Religion, politics, and society in Britain series.
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| Contents |
Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Table of Contents; Series Editor's Preface; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; Introduction; 1 Church and Economy in the Long Twelfth Century; 2 The Church and the Norman Conquest; The Gregorian Reform; Lanfranc; Gervase; 3 Henry I and His Religion; Religion and friendship; The Investiture Contest in England; The primacy dispute between Canterbury and York; Henry I, Melbourne church and Athelwold of Carlisle; Conclusion; 4 The Conflict between Henry II and Thomas Becket; Introduction; The first year of Becket as Archbishop |
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What the breach might have been about, but was notThe breach: Canterbury rights; Clash of personalities; Dramatic gesturing; Becket's 'conversion'; Why did Becket's death create a sensation?; Becket and theology; 5 Parishes and Parish Priests; Parish religion and the 'higher culture'; The legal reforms of Henry II and parish priests; What was novel disseisin?; When did novel disseisin as a civil action come in?; What had the parish clergy to do with all this?; Parish churches; The rise of clericalism; Cathedrals and parish religion; 6 The Monastic Century 1066-1216; Introduction |
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The black monksLiturgy and ritual; Material interests; Black-monk shrines; Shrines and their communities; Kings and black-monk shrines; The Cistercians; Cistercian economy and religion; The Cistercians and political life; The founding of Beaulieu Abbey (Hampshire); The Augustinian Canons; Llanthony and Nostell; The Bridlington Dialogue and Bridlington Priory; St Frideswide's Priory, Oxford; Henry I and the Augustinian Canons; Women's religious houses; 7 Archbishop Hubert Walter and St Hugh of Lincoln: Church and King in the Late Twelfth Century; Hubert Walter |
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St Hugh, Bishop of Lincoln (1186-1200)Conclusion; 8 Intellectual Life and Culture and How They Related to Politics in the Twelfth and Early Thirteenth Century; Science and the Exchequer under Henry I; The writing of history and Stephen's reign; The beginnings of legal study at Oxford in the reign of Henry II; The theologisation of society; 9 The Early English Franciscans; Poverty; Poverty and learning; Poverty and learning in England; Confession; Learning and politics; 10 Changes and Continuities under Henry III; Pope, king and church; Parish clergy revisited; Monasteries; Notes |
| Summary |
The period from 1066 to 1272, from the Norman Conquest to the death of Henry III, was one of enormous political change in England and of innovation in the Church as a whole. Religion, Politics and Society 1066-1272 charts the many ways in which a constantly changing religious culture impacted on a social and political system which was itself dominated by clerics, from the parish to the kingdom. Examining the various ways in which churchmen saw their relation to secular power, Henry Mayr-Harting introduces many of the great personalities of the time, such as Thomas Becket and Ro |
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Select BibliographyIndex; Plates |
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Print version record |
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Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781317876625 |
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1317876628 |
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