1st Edition
The Shaping of a Community The Rise and Reformation of the English Parish c.1400–1560
By Beat A. Kümin
Copyright 1996
376 Pages
by
Routledge
376 Pages
by
Routledge
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This book offers a new perspective to the current debate about popular religious attitudes in Tudor England, laying particular emphasis on the social and secular dimensions of parish life. The argument focuses on the role of the laity and especially on the office of churchwarden. It assesses the rising levels of parish income, the importance of the social context for fund-raising strategies, and... Read more
List of tables, figures and maps, Preface, Notes and abbreviations, 1 Introduction, 2 The Community of the Parish, 3 Communal Resources and Responsibilities, 4 Parochial Substructure, 5 The Social Context, 6 Mid-Sixteenth-Century Change, Conclusion, Epilogue: The Communalization of Late Medieval Society, Appendix 1 An alphabetical list of English churchwardens' accounts c. 1300-1547, Appendix 2 Categories and definitions used in the figures and tables, Appendix 3 Detailed income/expenditure analysis for the case studies in the sample, Appendix 4 Sources of revenue (i) and main items of expenditure (ii) in ten parishes, Bibliography, Index
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Beat A. Kümin
