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The secular clergy in England, 1066-1216 / Hugh M. Thomas.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2014Description: 1 online resource : illustrations (colour)Content type:
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ISBN:
  • 9780191772269
  • 0191772267
  • 9780191007019
  • 0191007013
  • 9781322008622
  • 1322008620
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Secular Clergy in England.DDC classification:
  • 274.204 23
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  • BR750
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  • online - EBSCO
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Contents:
""Cover""; ""The Secular Clergy in England, 1066�1216""; ""Copyright""; ""Dedication""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Contents""; ""List of Plates""; ""PART I: MODELS OF CLERICAL BEHAVIOR""; ""1: Introduction""; ""2: The Model Priest and his Antithesis""; ""1. THE EXALTED STATUS OF PRIESTS AND CLERICS""; ""2. THE CRITIQUE OF THE CLERGY""; ""3: The Aristocratic Cleric""; ""1. THE ARISTOCRATIC STATUS OF ELITE CLERICS""; ""2. CLERICS AND ARISTOCRATIC CULTURE""; ""3. SOCIAL, MORAL, AND RELIGIOUS TENSIONS""; ""PART II: THE CLERGY AND THE WORLD""; ""4: The Wealth of the Secular Clergy""
1. ECCLESIASTICAL INCOMES2. SECULAR SOURCES OF CLERICAL INCOME -- 3. CLERICS AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT -- 4. RELIGIOUS ANXIETY ABOUT CLERICAL WEALTH -- 5: Patronage and Advancement -- 1. THE COMPETITION FOR BENEFICES -- 2. ACQUIRING BENEFICES: SIMONY, INHERITANCE, AND NEPOTISM -- 3. ACQUIRING BENEFICES: LORDSHIP, SERVICE, AND FRIENDSHIP -- 4. ACQUIRING BENEFICES: MORALS AND EDUCATION -- 5. PATRONAGE, TENSION, AND ANXIETY -- 6: Courtiers, Bureaucrats, and Hell -- 1. SERVICE TO ECCLESIASTICAL MAGNATES, SECULAR LORDS, AND THE KING
""2. LAY AND CLERICAL ADMINISTRATORS""""3. LITERACY, NUMERACY, EDUCATION, AND BUREAUCRACY""; ""4. THE RELIGIOUS CRITIQUE OF COURTS AND CLERICAL COURTIERS""; ""7: Clerical Marriage and Clerical Celibacy""; ""1. THE CAMPAIGN FOR CLERICAL CELIBACY""; ""2. RESISTANCE TO THE CAMPAIGN FOR CLERICAL CELIBACY""; ""3. EXHORTATION AND THE IMPACT ON PRIESTS� PARTNERS AND CHILDREN""; ""4. HOW SUCCESSFUL WAS THE DRIVE FOR CLERICAL CELIBACY?""; ""5. SAME-SEX RELATIONSHIPS AND THE SECULAR CLERGY""; ""8: Kinship, Household, Hospitality, and Friendship""; ""1. KINSHIP""; ""2. HOUSEHOLD AND HOSPITALITY""
3. FRIENDSHIP9: Violence, Clerical Status, and the Issue of Criminous Clerks -- 1. CLERICS, VIOLENCE, AND TABOOS -- 2. CLERICAL VIOLENCE AND THE BECKET DISPUTE -- 3. CAUSES AND MOTIVES OF CLERICAL VIOLENCE -- PART III: THE CULTURAL AND INTELLECTUAL IMPACT OF THE CLERGY -- 10: English Secular Clerics and the Growth of European Intellectual Life in the Twelfth-Century Renaissance -- 1. ENGLISH CLERICS AND CONTINENTAL CENTERS OF LEARNING -- 2. ENGLAND AND THE TWELFTH-CENTURY RENAISSANCE -- 3. THE PROLIFERATION OF INTELLECTUALS AMONG THE SECULAR CLERGY
""11: Secular Clerics as Collectors and Donors of Books""""1. NUMBERS OF BOOKS OWNED BY SECULAR CLERICS""; ""2. TYPES OF BOOKS OWNED BY SECULAR CLERICS""; ""3. THE IMPACT OF BOOK OWNERSHIP BY SECULAR CLERICS""; ""12: Secular Clerics as Authors and Intellectuals""; ""1. THE VARIETIES OF INTELLECTUAL WORK BY SECULAR CLERICS""; ""2. SECULAR CLERICS AND “PRACTICAL� KNOWLEDGE""; ""3. CONTROVERSIES OVER LEARNING""; ""13: Secular Clerics as Cultural Patrons and Performers""; ""1. SECULAR CLERICS AND THE “PERFORMING ARTS�""; ""2. SECULAR CLERICS AS PATRONS OF ART""
Summary: Hugh Thomas explores the role of the secular clergy - priests and other clerics outside of monastic orders - in medieval England, and their influence, not only on religion, but on the rise of arts and education of the time.
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eBook eBook Biblioteca "Angelicum" Pont. Univ. S.Tommaso d'Aquino Nuvola online online - EBSCO (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Online access Not for loan (Accesso limitato) Accesso per gli utenti autorizzati / Access for authorized users (ebsco)817543

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Hugh Thomas explores the role of the secular clergy - priests and other clerics outside of monastic orders - in medieval England, and their influence, not only on religion, but on the rise of arts and education of the time.

Online resource; title from home page (viewed on September 24, 2014).

""Cover""; ""The Secular Clergy in England, 1066�1216""; ""Copyright""; ""Dedication""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Contents""; ""List of Plates""; ""PART I: MODELS OF CLERICAL BEHAVIOR""; ""1: Introduction""; ""2: The Model Priest and his Antithesis""; ""1. THE EXALTED STATUS OF PRIESTS AND CLERICS""; ""2. THE CRITIQUE OF THE CLERGY""; ""3: The Aristocratic Cleric""; ""1. THE ARISTOCRATIC STATUS OF ELITE CLERICS""; ""2. CLERICS AND ARISTOCRATIC CULTURE""; ""3. SOCIAL, MORAL, AND RELIGIOUS TENSIONS""; ""PART II: THE CLERGY AND THE WORLD""; ""4: The Wealth of the Secular Clergy""

1. ECCLESIASTICAL INCOMES2. SECULAR SOURCES OF CLERICAL INCOME -- 3. CLERICS AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT -- 4. RELIGIOUS ANXIETY ABOUT CLERICAL WEALTH -- 5: Patronage and Advancement -- 1. THE COMPETITION FOR BENEFICES -- 2. ACQUIRING BENEFICES: SIMONY, INHERITANCE, AND NEPOTISM -- 3. ACQUIRING BENEFICES: LORDSHIP, SERVICE, AND FRIENDSHIP -- 4. ACQUIRING BENEFICES: MORALS AND EDUCATION -- 5. PATRONAGE, TENSION, AND ANXIETY -- 6: Courtiers, Bureaucrats, and Hell -- 1. SERVICE TO ECCLESIASTICAL MAGNATES, SECULAR LORDS, AND THE KING

""2. LAY AND CLERICAL ADMINISTRATORS""""3. LITERACY, NUMERACY, EDUCATION, AND BUREAUCRACY""; ""4. THE RELIGIOUS CRITIQUE OF COURTS AND CLERICAL COURTIERS""; ""7: Clerical Marriage and Clerical Celibacy""; ""1. THE CAMPAIGN FOR CLERICAL CELIBACY""; ""2. RESISTANCE TO THE CAMPAIGN FOR CLERICAL CELIBACY""; ""3. EXHORTATION AND THE IMPACT ON PRIESTS� PARTNERS AND CHILDREN""; ""4. HOW SUCCESSFUL WAS THE DRIVE FOR CLERICAL CELIBACY?""; ""5. SAME-SEX RELATIONSHIPS AND THE SECULAR CLERGY""; ""8: Kinship, Household, Hospitality, and Friendship""; ""1. KINSHIP""; ""2. HOUSEHOLD AND HOSPITALITY""

3. FRIENDSHIP9: Violence, Clerical Status, and the Issue of Criminous Clerks -- 1. CLERICS, VIOLENCE, AND TABOOS -- 2. CLERICAL VIOLENCE AND THE BECKET DISPUTE -- 3. CAUSES AND MOTIVES OF CLERICAL VIOLENCE -- PART III: THE CULTURAL AND INTELLECTUAL IMPACT OF THE CLERGY -- 10: English Secular Clerics and the Growth of European Intellectual Life in the Twelfth-Century Renaissance -- 1. ENGLISH CLERICS AND CONTINENTAL CENTERS OF LEARNING -- 2. ENGLAND AND THE TWELFTH-CENTURY RENAISSANCE -- 3. THE PROLIFERATION OF INTELLECTUALS AMONG THE SECULAR CLERGY

""11: Secular Clerics as Collectors and Donors of Books""""1. NUMBERS OF BOOKS OWNED BY SECULAR CLERICS""; ""2. TYPES OF BOOKS OWNED BY SECULAR CLERICS""; ""3. THE IMPACT OF BOOK OWNERSHIP BY SECULAR CLERICS""; ""12: Secular Clerics as Authors and Intellectuals""; ""1. THE VARIETIES OF INTELLECTUAL WORK BY SECULAR CLERICS""; ""2. SECULAR CLERICS AND “PRACTICAL� KNOWLEDGE""; ""3. CONTROVERSIES OVER LEARNING""; ""13: Secular Clerics as Cultural Patrons and Performers""; ""1. SECULAR CLERICS AND THE “PERFORMING ARTS�""; ""2. SECULAR CLERICS AS PATRONS OF ART""