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Excommunication was the medieval church's most severe sanction, used against people at all levels of society. It was a spiritual, social, and legal penalty.
Excommunication in Thirteenth-Century England offers a fresh perspective on medieval excommunication by taking a multi-dimensional approach to discussion of the sanction.
List of contents
- Introduction
- PART I: INDIVIDUALS
- 1: The Spiritual Effects of Excommunication: Instilling Fear
- 2: Belief, Fear, and Conscience
- PART II: COMMUNITIES
- 3: Exclusion from the Community of the Faithful
- 4: Apathy, Rejection, and Divided Loyalties
- PART III: PUBLICITY
- 5: Publicity, Reputation, and Scandal
- 6: Violence, Excommunication, and Dispute Settlement: Thame, 1292-1294
- 7: Ecclesiastical Broadcasting in the Thirteenth Century: The Origins of the Great
- Conclusion
- APPENDIX I: IPSO FACTO SENTENCES TO BE REGULARLY PRONOUNCED IN THIRTEENTH-CENTURY ENGLAND
- APPENDIX II: WILLIAM OF PAGULA'S LIST OF IPSO FACTO SENTENCES (OCULIS SACERDOTIS, C. 1320)
About the author
FELICITY HILL is a lecturer in medieval history at the University of St Andrews. She was previously a research fellow at Corpus Christi College, Cambridge, and a Scouloudi fellow at the Institute of Historical Research. She holds degrees from the University of Manchester (BA), University College London (MA), and the University of East Anglia (PhD).
Summary
Excommunication was the medieval church's most severe sanction, used against people at all levels of society. It was a spiritual, social, and legal penalty. Excommunication in Thirteenth-Century England offers a fresh perspective on medieval excommunication by taking a multi-dimensional approach to discussion of the sanction.
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