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Klappentext Pantin's 1955 book focuses on social, political and intellectual aspects of the church in a period of change. Zusammenfassung In this 1955 expansion of his 1948 Birkbeck Lectures! Pantin examines the English church in the fourteenth century! from social! political and intellectual standpoints. The period saw growing centralization in church and state administration! the rise of university education! the Black Death and the spread of heresies such as Lollardy. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface; List of abbreviations; 1. Introduction: the legacy of the thirteenth century; Part 1. Church and State: 2. The social structure of the English church; 3. Patronage and the use of benefices; 4. Papal provisions; 5. Anglo-papal relations; Part II. Intellectual Life and Controversy: 6. Scholastic institutions and the geography of learning; 7. Topics of controversy; 8. Personalities; Part III. Religious Literature: 9. Manuals of instruction for parish priests; 10. Religious and moral treatises in the vernacular; 11. English mystical literature of the fourteenth century; Appendices; Index.
