Bishop and chapter in twelfth-century England: a study of the mensa episcopalis

This book is the first detailed examination on a comparative basis of the economic and political relations between the bishops and their cathedral clergy in England during the century and a half after the Conquest. In particular, it is a study of the structure and historical development of the mensa...

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Main Author: Crosby, Everett Uberto 1932- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge Cambridge University Press 1993
Series:Cambridge studies in medieval life and thought 4th ser., 23
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Online Access:DE-12
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Summary:This book is the first detailed examination on a comparative basis of the economic and political relations between the bishops and their cathedral clergy in England during the century and a half after the Conquest. In particular, it is a study of the structure and historical development of the mensal endowments and the redistribution of wealth which led, in the course of time, to the establishment of the chapter as a largely independent body with substantial political power. A description of the constitutional importance of the mensa and its treatment in recent scholarly writing is followed by a discussion of property rights and liberties in the church and the role of the bishop in ecclesiastical and civil government. The core of the book consists of an analysis based on contemporary sources of the episcopal and capitular organisation in each of the ten monastic and seven secular sees
Item Description:Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015)
Physical Description:1 online resource (xiv, 450 pages)
ISBN:9780511522390
DOI:10.1017/CBO9780511522390

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