| Popular Piety in Late Medieval England: The Diocese of Salisbury 1250-1550 Contributor(s): Brown, Andrew D. (Author) |
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ISBN: 019820521X ISBN-13: 9780198205210 Publisher: Clarendon Press OUR PRICE: $266.00 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: May 1995 Annotation: This is the first book to study the religious practices of lay people in the region that once formed the diocese of Salisbury. Andrew Brown explores the relationship between lay piety and geographical location, social condition, and ecclesiastical structures. He tackles a wide range of issues, from the popularity of monastic institutions to the extent of charitable giving, and from the role of guilds to the incidence of heresy. He concludes with an important reassessment of the reception of the Reformation. The book's broad chronological range and meticulously researched local focus offer illuminating insights into medieval religion. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Religion | Christianity - Catholic - History | Europe - Medieval - Language Arts & Disciplines | Linguistics - General |
| Dewey: 282.423 |
| LCCN: 94031782 |
| Lexile Measure: 1580 |
| Physical Information: 0.81" H x 5.5" W x 8.5" (1.19 lbs) 308 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - Medieval (500-1453) - Cultural Region - British Isles - Religious Orientation - Catholic - Religious Orientation - Christian |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Andrew Brown explores lay piety in its contexts of landscape, society, and the church, and examines the many different issues and activities which were of contemporary importance, such as the religious guilds, charity, and heresy. He shows how the regional variations in social and economic structure affected parish life, and concluces with an important assessment of the reception of the Reformation in the diocese. This is the first scholarly study of the lay religion of this region, and its broad chronological range of and meticulously researched local focus offer illuminating insights into medieval piety over the centuries. |
