The landscape of pastoral care in thirteenth-century England
The thirteenth century was a crucial period of reform in the English church, during which the church's renewal initiatives transformed the laity. The vibrant lay religious culture of late-medieval England cannot be understood without considering the re-invigorated pastoral care that developed b...
| Summary: | The thirteenth century was a crucial period of reform in the English church, during which the church's renewal initiatives transformed the laity. The vibrant lay religious culture of late-medieval England cannot be understood without considering the re-invigorated pastoral care that developed between 1200 and 1300. Even before Innocent III called the Fourth Lateran Council of 1215, reform-minded bishops and scholars were focusing attention on the local church, emphasising better preaching and more frequent confession. This study examines the processes by which these clerical reforms moulded the lay religiosity of the thirteenth century, integrating the different aspects of church life, so often studied separately, and combining a broad investigation of the subject with a series of comparative case studies. William Campbell also demonstrates how differences abounded from diocese to diocese, town to country and parish to parish, shaping the landscape of pastoral care as a complex mosaic of lived religion. Machine generated contents note: Acknowledgements; List of maps; Abbreviations; Introduction. Pastoral care in the thirteenth century; Part I. Pastors and People: 1. Growth, crisis, and recovery: the twelfth and early thirteenth centuries; 2. Parish clergy; 3. The coming of the friars; 4. Monks and canons regular; Part II. The Processes of Pastoral Care: 5. Preaching and catechesis; 6. Sacramental and liturgical pastoral care; 7. Confession and penance; Part III. The Landscape of Pastoral Care: 8. Towards a geography of pastoral care; 9. Provincial government from Canterbury and York; 10. The diocese of Lincoln; 11. The diocese of Exeter; 12. The diocese of Carlisle; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index |
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| Item Description: | Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Jan 2018) |
| Physical Description: | 1 Online-Ressource (xiii, 294 pages), digital, PDF file(s). |
| ISBN: | 978-1-108-22683-7 |
| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1017/9781108226837 |
