The Cartulary of St Mary's Collegiate Church, Warwick

The Cartulary of St Mary's Collegiate Church, Warwick

Author: C. R. Fonge

Publisher: Boydell & Brewer Ltd

Published: 2004

Total Pages: 680

ISBN-13: 9781843831075

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The introduction in the edition examines the foundation of the college, its acquisition of property, and its constitutional development and character."--BOOK JACKET.


The Senses and the English Reformation

The Senses and the English Reformation

Author: Matthew Milner

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2016-03-03

Total Pages: 431

ISBN-13: 131701636X

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It is a commonly held belief that medieval Catholics were focussed on the 'bells and whistles' of religious practices, the smoke, images, sights and sounds that dazzled pre-modern churchgoers. Protestantism, in contrast, has been cast as Catholicism's austere, intellective and less sensual rival sibling. With iis white-washed walls, lack of incense (and often music) Protestantism worship emphasised preaching and scripture, making the new religion a drab and disengaged sensual experience. In order to challenge such entrenched assumptions, this book examines Tudor views on the senses to create a new lens through which to explore the English Reformation. Divided into two sections, the book begins with an examination of pre-Reformation beliefs and practices, establishing intellectual views on the senses in fifteenth-century England, and situating them within their contemporary philosophical and cultural tensions. Having established the parameters for the role of sense before the Reformation, the second half of the book mirrors these concerns in the post-1520 world, looking at how, and to what degree, the relationship between religious practices and sensation changed as a result of the Reformation. By taking this long-term, binary approach, the study is able to tackle fundamental questions regarding the role of the senses in late-medieval and early modern English Christianity. By looking at what English men and women thought about sight, hearing, smell, taste and touch, the stereotype that Protestantism was not sensual, and that Catholicism was overly sensualised is wholly undermined. Through this examination of how worship was transformed in its textual and liturgical forms, the book illustrates how English religion sought to reflect changing ideas surrounding the senses and their place in religious life. Worship had to be 'sensible', and following how reformers and their opponents built liturgy around experience of the sacred through the physical allows us to tease out the tensions and pressures which shaped religious reform.


The English manor c.1200–c.1500

The English manor c.1200–c.1500

Author:

Publisher: Manchester University Press

Published: 2013-01-01

Total Pages: 273

ISBN-13: 1526112701

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Provides a comprehensive introduction and essential guide to one of the most important institutions in medieval England and to its substantial archive. This is the first book to offer a detailed explanation of the form, structure and evolution of the manor and its records. Offers translations of, and commentaries upon, each category of document to illustrate their main features. Examples of each category of record are provided in translation, followed by shorter extracts selected to illustrate interesting, commonly occurring, or complex features. A valuable source of reference for undergraduates wishing to understand the sources which underpin the majority of research on the medieval economy and society.


Progress and Problems in Medieval England

Progress and Problems in Medieval England

Author: Richard Britnell

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2002-05-16

Total Pages: 340

ISBN-13: 9780521522731

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A series of essays on the society and economy of England between the eleventh and the sixteenth centuries.