'The Right Ordering of Souls' - The Parish of All Saints' Bristol on the Eve of the Reformation

The relationship between people and parish in the late medieval ages illuminated by this study of a remarkable survival from the period.

List of contents

'God is in none land so well served': Placing the late medieval English parish
'To be showed and declared': Circumstances and sources
'According to the usage there': Reading testamentary evidence
'Since his decease': The widows' might
'God amend them': The parish wronged
'In possession for the profit of the church': Securing commemoration in the parish
'For all future time': The Halleways' Chantry
'He procured, moved and stirred': Clergy as mentors
'Well willed men': Leaders, managers and parishioners
'Was but single and no thing of beauty': Enhancing the parish church
'To the laud and the loving of Almighty God': Increasing divine service in All Saints'
Conclusion: 'What else, I ask you, is a city than a great monastery?'
Appendices
Bibliography
Glossary

About the author

Clive Burgess

Summary

The relationship between people and parish in the late medieval ages illuminated by this study of a remarkable survival from the period.

Product details

• Authors: Clive Burgess
• Publisher: Boydell & Brewer
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.04.2019
• EAN: 9781783273096
• ISBN: 978-1-78327-309-6
• No. of pages: 491
• Dimensions: 156 mm x 234 mm x 27 mm
• Weight: 862 g
• Series: Studies in the History of Medieval Religion; Studies in the History of Medi; Studies in the History of Medi; Studies in the History of Medieval Religion
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Middle Ages; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Christi Geburt bis 1500 nach Chr., Geschichte allgemein und Weltgeschichte