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- Bishops, Clerks, and Diocesan Governance in Thirteenth-century En
- ISBN
- 9781107417427
- Subject Area
- Biography & Autobiography, Religion, History
- Publication Name
- Bishops, Clerks, and Diocesan Governance in Thirteenth-Century England : Reward and Punishment
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Item Length
- 9.1 in
- Subject
- Christian Church / History, Religious, Christian Church / General, Europe / Great Britain / General
- Publication Year
- 2014
- Type
- Textbook
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- Trade Paperback
- Language
- English
- Item Height
- 0.9 in
- Item Weight
- 17.6 Oz
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- 6 in
- Number of Pages
- 332 Pages
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This book investigates how bishops deployed reward and punishment to control their administrative subordinates in thirteenth-century England. Bishops had few effective avenues available to them for disciplining their clerks, and rarely pursued them, preferring to secure their service and loyalty through rewards. The chief reward was the benefice, often granted for life. Episcopal administrators' security of tenure in these benefices, however, made them free agents, allowing them to transfer from diocese to diocese or even leave administration altogether; they did not constitute a standing episcopal civil service. This tenuous bureaucratic relationship made the personal relationship between bishop and clerk more important. Ultimately, many bishops communicated in terms of friendship with their administrators, who responded with expressions of devotion. Michael Burger's study brings together ecclesiastical, social, legal, and cultural history, producing the first synoptic study of thirteenth-century English diocesan administration in decades. His research provides an ecclesiastical counterpoint to numerous studies of bastard feudalism in secular contexts.
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Publisher
Cambridge University Press
ISBN-10
1107417422
ISBN-13
9781107417427
eBay Product ID (ePID)
202462836
Product Key Features
Number of Pages
332 Pages
Language
English
Publication Name
Bishops, Clerks, and Diocesan Governance in Thirteenth-Century England : Reward and Punishment
Publication Year
2014
Subject
Christian Church / History, Religious, Christian Church / General, Europe / Great Britain / General
Type
Textbook
Subject Area
Biography & Autobiography, Religion, History
Format
Trade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height
0.9 in
Item Weight
17.6 Oz
Item Length
9.1 in
Item Width
6 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Scholarly & Professional
Dewey Edition
23
Reviews
"Michael Burger's lucid and often entertaining book takes up the question of how English Bishops wielded power." Katherine L. French, Sixteenth Century Journal, "This book will be essential reading for anyone interested in the workings of diocesan administration in thirteenth-century England. In particular, Burger sheds new light on the complex relationship between the bishop and his bureaucrats. We learn why medieval bishops used rewards, particularly the granting of benefices, far more than punishments in dealing with their clerical subordinates, and Burger draws valuable comparisons between developments in episcopal and royal administration. Above all, this book explains how the rise of an administrative church impacted the power of bishops." Adam Davis, Denison University, and author of The Holy Bureaucrat: Eudes Rigaud and Religious Reform in Thirteenth-Century Normandy, "... this is a valuable and useful discussion of the career relations between English bishops and their dependent administrators. Its evidence may derive from the thirteenth century; but its analysis applies across the later medieval period." The Catholic Historical Review
Dewey Decimal
282/.4209022
Lc Classification Number
Br750.B87 2014
Table of Content
Part I. The Problem: 1. Introduction; 2. Dangers of service; Part II. Rewards and Punishments: 3. Benefice for service and for benefit; 4. Security of tenure in benefices; 5. Pensions; 6. Other rewards; 7. Punishment; Part III. Consequences: 8. Patronage hunger; 9. Continuity and discontinuity in administration; 10. Affection and devotion; 11. Conclusions: culture and context.
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2014
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