Prelate as Pastor: The Episcopate of James I

ISBN-13: 9780198229216 / Angielski / Twarda / 1990 / 386 str.

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Opis

This lucid study of the sixty-six bishops of James I. Fincham surveys the broad range of their activities and functions, including their part in central politics, their role in local society, their work as diocesan governors enforcing moral and spiritual discipline, and their supervision of the parish clergy. The accession of James I, Fincham argues, marked the restoration of episcopal fortunes at court and in the localities. This detailed analysis offers a revealing look at the doctrinal divisions of the early seventeenth-century episcopate which will be invaluable to scholars and students of early modern British history.

Recenzje

'... a first-class monograph. ... his book is an impressive rehabilitation of the reputations of the Jacobean episcopate as a whole, of Archbishop abbott, and most of all of James I himself. There will be many speculations to argue over as a result of this fine work, but in future they will rest on a solid documentary base. That is the measure of Dr Fincham's achievement.' William Lamont University of Sussex EHR Shorter Notices April '94

Spis treści

List of plates; Abbreviations and symbols; The English and Welsh Episcopate 1603-1625; Introduction; The model and the men; Central politics; Local society; On visitation; Ecclesiastical justice; The clergy; Clerical nonconformity; Churchmanship; Conclusion; Appendices; Select bibliography; Index