The parish church and the laity in late medieval Bristol

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Clive Burgess holds a Senior Lectureship in late medieval history at Royal Holloway, University of London.

Original publication date: 1992
Important places: Bristol, England
Important events: Protestant Reformation (Bristol)
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Dedication: [None]
First words: The historian who seeks to investigate parish life in fifteenth- and early-sixteenth-century Bristol is beset by problems. Radical changes at and after the Reformation swept away much of the preceding Catholic establishment, ... (show all)obliterating monasteries and friaries for instance, and, while not replacing parish churches, fundamentally altering their internal appearance and the regime of life they encompassed.
Last words: (Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)Given the penitential scheme, memory acted, not only as a safeguard, but to strengthen parish identity, celebrating the dead, binding the living and paving the way for the corporate interests of the parish in the future. But it was not allowed to continue; more was at stake in the Reformation than is often supposed.
Original language: English
Disambiguation notice: Online copy at https://bristolha.files.wordpress.com/...

Genres: Nonfiction, Religion & Spirituality, History
DDC/MDS: 253.0942393 — Religion Christian pastoral practice & religious orders Pastoral work (Pastoral theology) Pastoral Ministry; Pastoral Theology History, geographic treatment, biography
LCC: BR765 .B8 .B87 — Philosophy, Psychology and Religion Christianity Christianity History By region or country