| Description |
1 online resource (375 pages) |
| Contents |
Cover; Lordship and Faith: The English Gentry and the Parish Church in the Middle Ages; Copyright; Preface; Contents; List of Illustrations; Sources for Illustrations; Abbreviated References; 1: The Gentry and the Parish Church; 2: Churching the Landscape; The Minsters: Their Rise and Fall; Churching the Landscape; Buildings and Furnishings; 3: Conquest, Settlement, and Salvation; Identifying Patrons; Church Building After the Conquest; The Exercise of Taste; United in Death; 4: The Gentry and the Regulars; The Alienation of Churches to Monasteries |
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The Gentry and the Monasteries in the Late Middle AgesPatronage of the Friars; 5: Church and Chapel; Churches and Chapels; Upkeep and Building; 6: Chapel and Household; Chapels as Institutions; Chapels: Form and Features; The Furnishing and Staffing of Chapels; The Practice of Personal Religion in the Household; 7: Chantries and Intercession; The Origins of Chantries; Chantries and Church Fabrics; 8: Patterns of Burial; Burial and Lordship; Colonization of the Church; 9: The Gentry in Church; Rites of Passage; Attendance at Mass and the Divine Office; Non-religious Use |
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10: Late Medieval Church BuildingRegional and Stylistic Contexts; The Scale of Gentry Building; The Pattern of Church Building; The Business of Building; The Gentry as Patrons; 11: Lordship and Patronage; Advowsons; The Gentry as Advocates; The Gentry as Benefactors; The Gentry as Proprietors; Conclusion; 12: Churches and Colleges; The Gentry and the Secular College; Liturgy and Staffing; The College as Mausoleum; 13: Boundaries, Structures, and Collaboration; Boundaries; Structures; Collaboration; The Gentry and the Towns; 14: Conclusion |
| Summary |
Explores the history of the English medieval parish church through the eyes of their lordly proprietors, asking why they decided to build churches, how they paid for them, how often they attended church, and how they interacted with the parishioners, weaving together themes of religious, social and architectural history |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Gentry -- Religious life -- Great Britain -- History -- To 1500
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Parishes -- England -- History -- To 1500
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Parishes.
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Religion.
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| SUBJECT |
Great Britain -- History -- 1066-1687. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85056742
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Great Britain -- Religion.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85056932
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Great Britain -- Religious life and customs
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England -- Church history -- 1066-1485.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85043265
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England.
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Great Britain.
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books
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Church history.
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History.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780191016455 |
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0191016454 |
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9780191775291 |
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0191775290 |
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