Lay religious life in late medieval Durham
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Lay religious life in late medieval Durham
（Regions and regionalism in history）
Boydell Press, 2006
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 201-213) and index
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Relations between the laity and the religious in medieval Durham reveal much about lay religion of the time.
Although religious life in medieval Durham was ruled by its prince bishop and priory, the laity flourished and played a major role in the affairs of the parish, as Margaret Harvey demonstrates. Using a variety of sources, she provides a complete account of its history from the Conquest to the Dissolution of the priory, with a particular emphasis on the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries. She shows how the laity interacted vigorously with both bishop and priory, and the relations between them, with the priory providing schools, hospitals, chantries and regular sermons, but also acting as a disciplinary force. On a wider level, she also looks at the whole question of lay religion andwhat can be discovered about it. She finishes by an examination of local reactions to the Reformation.
Table of Contents
The parishes - Margaret M Harvey
The year in the life of the laity - Margaret M Harvey
Lay parish life - Margaret M Harvey
Laity and Church: obligations and conflicts I - Margaret M Harvey
Laity and Church: obligations and conflicts II - Margaret M Harvey
Secular clergy careers - Margaret M Harvey
Education - Margaret M Harvey
Chantries - Margaret M Harvey
Associations, Guilds and Confraternities - Margaret M Harvey
Hospitals and other charities - Margaret M Harvey
Durham and the wider world - Margaret M Harvey
The Reformation in the Durham Parishes - Margaret M Harvey
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