The People of the Parish Community Life in a Late Medieval English
Diocese Katherine L. French "Meticulously researched and
erudite."--"The Historian" "A coherent, well-written, and
stimulating survey of parish life."--"Catholic Historical Review"
"By integrating issues of literacy and gender, and considering the
tensions as well as cohesion, this book adds a significant
contribution to the developing understanding of the role of the
parish in late medieval English religious and social life."--Robert
Swanson, University of Birmingham "Katherine French puts a human
face on the history of the English medieval parish between the end
of the fourteenth century and the Reformation."--Carol
Davidson-Cragoe, "The Medieval Review" The parish, the lowest level
of hierarchy in the medieval church, was the shared responsibility
of the laity and the clergy. Most Christians were baptized, went to
confession, were married, and were buried in the parish church or
churchyard; in addition, business, legal settlements, sociability,
and entertainment brought people to the church, uniting secular and
sacred concerns. In "The People of the Parish," Katherine L. French
contends that late medieval religion was participatory and
flexible, promoting different kinds of spiritual and material
involvement. The rich parish records of the small diocese of Bath
and Wells include wills, court records, and detailed accounts by
lay churchwardens of everyday parish activities. They reveal the
differences between parishes within a single diocese that cannot be
attributed to regional variation. By using these records show to
the range and diversity of late medieval parish life, and a
Christianity vibrant enough to accommodate differences in status,
wealth, gender, and local priorities, French refines our
understanding of lay attitudes toward Christianity in the two
centuries before the Reformation. Katherine L. French is Associate
Professor of History at the State University of New York, New
Paltz. The Middle Ages Series 2000 320 pages 6 1/8 x 9 1/4 9 illus.
ISBN 978-0-8122-3581-4 Cloth $75.00s 49.00 World Rights History,
Religion Short copy: "Katherine French puts a human face on the
history of the English medieval parish between the end of the
fourteenth century and the Reformation."--Carol Davidson-Cragoe,
"TMR"
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