The Papacy, Scotland and Northern England, 1342-1378

by A. D. M. Barrell

Overview

This is the first analysis of the full breadth of papal involvement in late medieval Britain, using local sources in conjunction with material from the Vatican Archives. It deals with the Avignon Papacy's relations with Scotland and northern England during a period in which papal involvement at the local level was unusually wide-ranging, but still was generally accepted. It examines how papal practices affected both clerics and lay people in northern Britain, the nature and importance of any opposition aroused, and how far the popes and their agents had to adapt to local circumstances.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780521441827
Publisher:	Cambridge University Press
Publication date:	08/24/1995
Series:	Cambridge Studies in Medieval Life and Thought: Fourth Series , #30
Pages:	318
Product dimensions:	5.51(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.75(d)

Table of Contents

Preface; Abbreviations; Maps; Introduction; 1. Papal taxation and its collection; 2. Papal provisions; 3. Opposition to the papacy; 4. Judicial aspects of the papacy; 5. The papacy and the bishops; 6. The papacy and the regulars; 7. Papal licences, dispensations and favours; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index.

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"...this book will prove useful to a specialist readership." A.K. McHardy

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