The Clergy in the Medieval World: Secular Clerics, Their Families and Careers in North-Western Europe, C.800-C.1200

ISBN-13: 9781107451308 / Angielski / Miękka / 2016 / 470 str.

Julia Barrow

Opis

The first broad-ranging social history in English of the medieval secular clergy.

Recenzje

'Professor Barrow's ambitious study of the clergy between c.800 and c.1200 provides an excellent framework for understanding the development of an important but surprisingly neglected group. Historians of medieval society and particularly of the medieval church will welcome this book, which provides a deeply researched and comprehensive overview of the subject but will also serve as the starting point for much future work.' Hugh M. Thomas, University of Miami

Spis treści

1. Introduction; 2. The clerical office, grades of ordination and clerical careers; 3. Rules for life: monastic influence on the secular clergy; 4. Clergy as family men: uncles and nephews, fathers and sons among the clergy; 5. The fostering of child clerics: commendation and nutritio; 6. The education of the cleric, I: schools; 7. The education of the cleric, II: schoolmasters, curricula and the role of education in clerical careers; 8. Household service and patronage; 9. Clergy of cathedral and collegiate churches; 10. Clergy serving local churches, 800–1200: the emergence of parish clergy; Conclusion.