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Record Nr.

UNINA9910820284603321

Autore

Harvey Katherine

Titolo

Episcopal appointments in England, c. 1214-1344 : from episcopal election to papal provison / / Katherine Harvey

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Burlington, Vermont : , : Ashgate Pub. Company, , [2014]

©2014

ISBN

1-315-58011-X

1-317-14200-4

1-317-14199-7

1-4724-2030-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (353 p.)

Collana

Church, faith, and culture in the Medieval West

Disciplina

262/.1224209022

Soggetti

Bishops - Appointment, call, and election - History

Clergy - Appointment, call, and election - History

Election law (Canon law)

Great Britain Church history 1066-1485

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

part I. The age of election -- part II. The age of provision -- part III. The European context.

Sommario/riassunto

Bishops were central figures in medieval society and the circumstances of their appointments are of great historical importance. This book considers the theory and practice of free canonical election in its heyday under Henry III and Edward I, and the nature of and reasons for the subsequent transition to papal provision. An analysis of the theoretical evidence for this subject (including canon law, royal pronouncements and Lawrence of Somercote's remarkable 1254 tract on episcopal elections) is combined with a consideration of the means by which bishops were created during the reigns of Henry