The tenth and eleventh centuries saw a number of very significant developments in the history of the English Church, perhaps the most significant being the proliferation of local churches, which were to be the basis of the modern parochial system. Using evidence from homilies, canon law, saints' lives, and liturgical and penitential sources, the articles collected in this volume focus on the ways in which such developments were reflected in pastoral care, considering what it consisted of at this time, how it was provided and by whom. Starting with an investigation of the secular clergy, their recruitment and patronage, the papers moves on to examine a variety of aspects of late Anglo-Saxon pastoral care, including church due payments, preaching, baptism, penance, confession, visitation of the sick and archaeological evidence of burial practice. Special attention is paid to the few surviving manuscripts which are likely to have been used in the field and the evidence they provide for the context, the actions and the verbal exchanges which characterised pastoral provisions.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Helen Gittos, Julia Barrow, Dawn M. Hadley, Jo Buckberry, Francesca Tinti, Sarah Hamilton, Jonathan Wilcox, Boydell & Brewer LTD
ISBN-13
9781843831563
eBay Product ID (ePID)
90851013
Product Key Features
Book Title
Pastoral Care in Late Anglo-Saxon England
Author
Francesca Tinti
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Topic
Theology, Christianity
Publication Year
2005
Number of Pages
160 Pages
Dimensions
Item Height
234mm
Item Width
156mm
Additional Product Features
Issn
1475-2468
Series Title
Anglo-Saxon Studies
Editor
Francesca Tinti
Country/Region of Manufacture
United Kingdom
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