03401nam 2200697Ia 450 991045284010332120210520014751.01-280-77050-397866136812700-300-18258-910.12987/9780300182583(CKB)2550000000104171(OCoLC)801410559(CaPaEBR)ebrary10570998(SSID)ssj0000690847(PQKBManifestationID)11387605(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000690847(PQKBWorkID)10622831(PQKB)10040425(MiAaPQ)EBC3420872(DE-B1597)486136(OCoLC)1024017538(OCoLC)1029819682(OCoLC)1032690453(OCoLC)1037981459(OCoLC)1042019937(OCoLC)1043359953(DE-B1597)9780300182583(Au-PeEL)EBL3420872(CaPaEBR)ebr10570998(CaONFJC)MIL368127(OCoLC)923598526(EXLCZ)99255000000010417120120105d2012 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrThe late medieval English church[electronic resource] vitality and vulnerability before the break with Rome /G.W. BernardNew Haven Yale University Press20121 online resource (323 p.)Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph0-300-17997-9 Front matter --CONTENTS --ILLUSTRATIONS --PREFACE --1. THE HUNNE AFFAIR --2. THE MONARCHICAL CHURCH --3. BISHOPS --4. CLERGY --5. LAY KNOWLEDGE --6. LAY ACTIVITY --7. CRITICISM --8. THE CONDITION OF THE MONASTERIES --9. HERESY --EPILOGUE --NOTES --INDEXThe later medieval English church is invariably viewed through the lens of the Reformation that transformed it. But in this bold and provocative book historian George Bernard examines it on its own terms, revealing a church with vibrant faith and great energy, but also with weaknesses which reforming bishops worked to overcome. Bernard emphasizes royal control over the church. He examines the challenges facing bishops and clergy, and assesses the depth of lay knowledge and understanding of the teachings of the church, highlighting the practice of pilgrimage. He reconsiders anti-clerical sentiment and the extent and significance of heresy. He shows that the Reformation was not inevitable: the late medieval church was much too full of vitality. But Bernard also argues that alongside that vitality, and often closely linked to it, were vulnerabilities that made the break with Rome and the dissolution of the monasteries possible. The result is a thought-provoking study of a church and society in transformation.HISTORY / MedievalbisacshGreat BritainHistoryMedieval period, 1066-1485EnglandChurch history1066-1485EnglandSocial conditions1066-1485Electronic books.HISTORY / Medieval.274.2/05Bernard G. W509003MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910452840103321The late medieval English church2472706UNINA