| Runaway Religious in Medieval England, C.1240 1540 Revised Edition Contributor(s): Logan, F. Donald (Author), F. Donald, Logan (Author), McKitterick, Rosamond (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0521520223 ISBN-13: 9780521520225 Publisher: Cambridge University Press OUR PRICE: $49.39 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: May 2002 Annotation: 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. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Western Europe - General - Religion | Institutions & Organizations - History | Europe - Great Britain - General |
| Dewey: 271.009 |
| Series: Cambridge Studies in Medieval Life and Thought; Fourth |
| Physical Information: 0.8" H x 5.82" W x 8.54" (0.93 lbs) 324 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - British Isles - Cultural Region - Western Europe |