Robert Grosseteste and the 13th-century Diocese of Lincoln : an English bishop's pastoral vision / by Philippa M. Hoskin.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hoskin, Philippa M., author.

Series:

Later medieval Europe ; v.19.

Later medieval Europe, 1872-7875 ; volume 19

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Grosseteste, Robert, 1175?-1253--Criticism and interpretation.

Grosseteste, Robert.

Grosseteste, Robert, 1175?-1253.

Pastoral theology.

Pastoral care--History--To 1500.

Pastoral care.

Philosophy, Medieval.

History.

Criticism and interpretation.

Genre:

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

History.

Physical Description:

260 pages ; 25 cm.

Place of Publication:

Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2019]

Summary:

In this book Philippa Hoskin offers an account of the pastoral theory and practice of Robert Grosseteste, bishop of Lincoln 1235-1253, within his diocese. Grosseteste has been considered as an eminent medieval philosopher and theologian, and as a bishop focused on pastoral care, but there has been no attempt to consider how his scholarship influenced his pastoral practice. Making use of Grosseteste's own writings - philosophical and theological as well as pastoral and administrative - Hoskin demonstrates how Grosseteste's famous interventions in his diocese grew from his own theory of personal obligation in pastoral care as well as how his personal involvement in his diocese could threaten well-developed clerical and lay networks.

In this book Philippa Hoskin offers an account of the pastoral theory and practice of Robert Grosseteste, bishop of Lincoln 1235-1253, within his diocese. Grosseteste has been considered as an eminent medieval philosopher and theologian, and as a bishop focused on pastoral care, but there has been no attempt to consider how his scholarship influenced his pastoral practice.0Making use of Grosseteste's own writings - philosophical and theological as well as pastoral and administrative - Hoskin demonstrates how Grosseteste's famous interventions in his diocese grew from his own theory of personal obligation in pastoral care as well as how his personal involvement in his diocese could threaten well-developed clerical and lay networks.

Contents:

Introduction

1. The background to reform

2. Grosseteste's theory of pastoral care

3. The principal shepherds of the sheep : Grosseteste's administration within the diocese

4. Friars and visitation : Grosseteste's interventions in the diocese

5. A Royal priesthood : Grosseteste's parish priests

6. Illuminating the darkness : Grosseteste's panoptic vision of the diocese

7. Grosseteste's pastoral afterlife

Conclusion.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9004342605

9789004342606

OCLC:

1066192063