A History of Vicarages in the Middle Ages [Paperback]

Originally published in 1930, this book gives a survey of vicarages during the Middle Ages.Originally published in 1930, this book gives a survey of vicarages during the Middle Ages and the events which changed the roles of vicars between the Norman Conquest and the English Reformation. It will be of value to anyone with an interest in church history and how the Church operated on a local level.Originally published in 1930, this book gives a survey of vicarages during the Middle Ages and the events which changed the roles of vicars between the Norman Conquest and the English Reformation. It will be of value to anyone with an interest in church history and how the Church operated on a local level.Originally published in 1930, this book gives a survey of vicarages during the Middle Ages and the events which changed the roles of vicars between the Norman Conquest and the English Reformation. Hartridge focuses primarily on vicarages in England, but occasionally brings in evidence from Scotland and the continent by way of comparison. This book will be of value to anyone with an interest in church history and how the Church operated on a local level.Preface; 1. Origins; 2. English vicarages 'before the council'; 3. A century of great bishops; 4. The building of the vicarage system; 5. Opinions and statistics; 6. Scotland; 7. Calamities of the fourteenth century. War, pestilence and schism; 8. The division of duties and burdens; 9. The regulars and the cure of souls; 10. From Gascoigne to Roderick Mors; Appendix A. Examples of twelfth-century vicarages; Appendix B. Detailed evidence of thirteenth-century vicarage ordinations; Appendix C. The mortuary; Bibliography; Index.