This book gives a definite contribution to a wide-ranging reflection on the medieval parish and the secular clergy, considered within a long-term chronological
The parish and the guild were the two poles round which social and religious life revolved in late medieval England. This study, drawing freely on East Anglian
This volume of essays explores the interaction of Church and town in the medieval period in England. Two major themes structure the book. In the first part the
The construction of a church was undoubtedly one of the most demanding events to take place in the life of a medieval parish. It required a huge outlay of time,
There was immense social and economic upheaval between the Black Death and the English Reformation, and contemporary writers often blamed this upheaval on immor