Religion, time and memorial culture in late medieval Ripon / Stephen Werronen.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Werronen, Stephen, author.

Series:

Royal Historical Society studies in history. New series 0269-2244

Royal Historical Society studies in history. New series, 0269-2244

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Wilfrid, Saint, Archbishop of York, 634-709--Influence.

Wilfrid.

Wilfrid, Saint, Archbishop of York, 634-709.

Ripon (England)--History.

Ripon (England).

Ripon (England)--Church history.

Ripon (England)--Religious life and customs.

Physical Description:

viii, 204 pages : maps ; 25 cm.

Place of Publication:

Woodbridge, Suffolk, UK : The Boydell Press, 2017.

Summary:

"Ripon Minster was St Wilfrid's church, and its vast parish at the edge of the Yorkshire dales was his domain, his memory living on among the people of his parish centuries after his death. Wilfrid was a saint for all seasons: his three feast days punctuated the cycle of the agricultural year and an annual procession sought his blessings on the growing crops each May. This procession brought together many of the parish's earthly lords - the clergy and the gentry - as they carried the relics of their celestial patron. In death they hoped that they too would be remembered, and so remain a part of parish society for as long as their tombs survived or prayers were said for them in the church of Ripon. This book charts the developments in the practice of religion, and in particular the commemoration of the deceased, from the late fourteenth to the early sixteenth centuries in this important parish, In particular, it shoes how the twin necessities of honouring the minster's patron saint and remembering the parish dead had a profound effect on the practice of religion in late medieval Ripon, shaping everything from the ritual calendar to weekly and daily religious routines."--Cover page 4.

Contents:

List of illustrations

Acknowledgements

Abbreviations

Introduction

St Wilfrid, patron of the minster and parish

The minster clergy

The minster and its parishioners: the living

The ritual year of the minster and parish

The minster and its parishioners: the dead

Conclusion

Bibliography

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 191-197) and index.

ISBN:

9780861933457

0861933451

OCLC:

985683601