Lordship and Faith : The English Gentry and the Parish Church in the Middle Ages / Nigel Saul.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Saul, Nigel, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Gentry--Religious life--England--History--To 1500.

Gentry.

Parishes--England--History--To 1500.

Parishes.

Church buildings--England--To 1500.

Church buildings.

History.

Religious life.

England--Church history--1066-1485.

England.

Church history.

Physical Description:

x, 360 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Oxford, United Kingdom : Oxford University Press, 2017.

Summary:

Lordship and Faith takes as its subject the many hundreds of parish churches built in England in the Middle Ages by the gentry, the knights and esquires, and the lords of country manors. Nigel Saul uses lordly engagement with the parish church as a way of opening up the piety and sociability of the gentry, focusing on the gentry as founders and builders of churches, worshippers in them, holders of church advowsons, and patrons and sponsors of parish communities. Saul also looks at how the gentry's interest in the parish church sat alongside their patronage of the monks and friars, and their use of private chapels in their manor houses. Lordship and Faith seeks to weave together themes in social, religious, and architectural history, examining in all its richness a subject that has hitherto been considered only in journal articles. Written in an accessible way, this volume makes a significant contribution not only to the history of the English gentry but also to the history of the rural parish church, an institution now in the forefront of medieval historical studies. Book jacket.

Contents:

1 The Gentry and the Parish Church 1

2 Churching the Landscape 19

3 Conquest, Settlement, and Salvation 38

4 The Gentry and the Regulars 68

5 Church and Chapel 83

6 Chapel and Household 105

7 Chantries and Intercession 135

8 Patterns of Burial 161

9 The Gentry in Church 184

10 Late Medieval Church Building 201

11 Lordship and Patronage 241

12 Churches and Colleges 276

13 Boundaries, Structures, and Collaboration 299

14 Conclusion 327.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 333-348) and index.

ISBN:

9780198706199

0198706197

OCLC:

954429627