Landscape of Pastoral Care in 13th-Century England

Examines how thirteenth-century clergymen used pastoral care - preaching, sacraments and confession - to increase their parishioners' religious knowledge, devotion and expectations.

List of contents

Acknowledgements; List of maps; Abbreviations; Introduction. Pastoral care in the thirteenth century; Part I. Pastors and People: 1. Growth, crisis, and recovery: the twelfth and early thirteenth centuries; 2. Parish clergy; 3. The coming of the friars; 4. Monks and canons regular; Part II. The Processes of Pastoral Care: 5. Preaching and catechesis; 6. Sacramental and liturgical pastoral care; 7. Confession and penance; Part III. The Landscape of Pastoral Care: 8. Towards a geography of pastoral care; 9. Provincial government from Canterbury and York; 10. The diocese of Lincoln; 11. The diocese of Exeter; 12. The diocese of Carlisle; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index.

About the author

William H. Campbell graduated with a B.A. in History from the University of Pittsburgh, before completing his Ph.D. in Medieval History at the University of St Andrews. He has written two volumes for the Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae series and earned the postdoctoral Licentiate in Mediaeval Studies degree from the Pontifical Institute of Mediaeval Studies in Toronto. He has since returned to the University of Pittsburgh to teach.

Summary

The thirteenth century was a crucial period of reform in the English church, especially for the pastoral care of laypeople. With this holistic study of the English church's activities, William H. Campbell demonstrates how the medieval clergy raised the religious aspirations and expectations of their congregations through preaching, sacraments and confession.

Product details

• Authors: William Campbell, William (University of Pittsburgh) Campbell, William H. Campbell, William H. (University of Pittsburgh) Campbell, Campbell William, Campbell William H.
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.12.2017
• EAN: 9781316510384
• ISBN: 978-1-316-51038-4
• No. of pages: 308
• Series: Cambridge Studies in Medieval Life and Thought: Fourth Series; Cambridge Studies in Medieval; Cambridge Studies in Medieval Life and Thought: Fourth Series; Cambridge Studies in Medieval
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; European History, HISTORY / Europe / General, British & Irish history, United Kingdom, Great Britain