Runaway Religious in Medieval England, C.1240-1540

ISBN-13: 9780521475020 / Angielski / Twarda / 1996 / 324 str.

F. Donald Logan

Opis

Runaway religious were monks, canons and friars who had taken vows of religion and who, with benefit of neither permission nor dispensation and for myriad reasons, fled their monasteries and returned to a life in the world, usually replacing the religious habit with lay clothes. Not only the normal tugs of the world drew them away: other less obvious yet equally human motives, such as boredom, led to a return to the world. The church pursued them with her severest penalty, excommunication, in the express hope that penalties would lead to the return of the straying sheep. This book is the first to tell their story.

Recenzje

"...the collection and organization of the hard data found in the appendix will provide a good base for the thoughtful reader's interpretive powers." Jo Ann McNamara, Albion

Spis treści

Preface; Introduction; 1. A question of terms; 2. Legal alternatives; 3. Two questions: how many? and why?; 4. The secular arm; 5. Return and reconciliation; 6. The 1530s; Appendices; Bibliography.