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Saving the Souls of Medieval London - Perpetual Chantries at St Paul's Cathedral, c.1200-1548 (Paperback)
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Saving the Souls of Medieval London - Perpetual Chantries at St Paul's Cathedral, c.1200-1548 (Paperback)
Series: Church, Faith and Culture in the Medieval West
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St Paul's Cathedral stood at the centre of religious life in
medieval London. It was the mother church of the diocese, a
principal landowner in the capital and surrounding countryside, and
a theatre for the enactment of events of national importance. The
cathedral was also a powerhouse of commemoration and intercession,
where prayers and requiem masses were offered on a massive scale
for the salvation of the living and the dead. This spiritual role
of St Paul's Cathedral was carried out essentially by the numerous
chantry priests working and living in its precinct. Chantries were
pious foundations, through which donors, clerks or lay, male or
female, endowed priests to celebrate intercessory masses for the
benefit of their souls. At St Paul's Cathedral, they were first
established in the late twelfth century and, until they were
dissolved in 1548, they contributed greatly to the daily life of
the cathedral. They enhanced the liturgical services offered by the
cathedral, increased the number of the clerical members associated
with it, and intensified relations between the cathedral and the
city of London. Using the large body of material from the cathedral
archives, this book investigates the chantries and their impacts on
the life, services and clerical community of the cathedral, from
their foundation in the early thirteenth century to the
dissolution. It demonstrates the flexibility and adaptability of
these pious foundations and the various contributions they made to
medieval society; and sheds light on the men who played a role
which, until the abolition of the chantries in 1548, was seen to be
crucial to the spiritual well-being of medieval London.
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