Bishops, Clerks, and Diocesan Governance in Thirteenth-Century England - Reward and Punishment

Informationen zum Autor Michael Burger is Professor of History and Dean of the School of Liberal Arts at Auburn University at Montgomery. He is the author of The Shaping of the West: From Antiquity to the Enlightenment (2008) and the editor of the two-volume Sources for the History of Western Civilization (2003). His articles have appeared in Historical Research and Mediaeval Studies, among other journals. Klappentext This book investigates how bishops deployed reward and punishment to control their administrative subordinates in thirteenth-century England. Zusammenfassung This book investigates how bishops deployed reward and punishment to control their administrative subordinates in thirteenth-century England. Inhaltsverzeichnis Part I. The Problem: 1. Introduction; 2. Dangers of service; Part II. Rewards and Punishments: 3. Benefice for service and for benefit; 4. Security of tenure in benefices; 5. Pensions; 6. Other rewards; 7. Punishment; Part III. Consequences: 8. Patronage hunger; 9. Continuity and discontinuity in administration; 10. Affection and devotion; 11. Conclusions: culture and context.

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• Authors: Michael Burger, Burger Michael
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 22.10.2012
• EAN: 9781107022140
• ISBN: 978-1-107-02214-0
• No. of pages: 332
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Religion: general, reference works; England, RELIGION / Christianity / History, Religion: general, Christianity, History of Religion, British & Irish history, c 1000 CE to c 1500, Legal History, HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / General, Church history, Religious and spiritual figures, c 500 to c 1000 CE, European history: medieval period, middle ages