"This book in memory of F. Donald Logan explores different aspects of Christian culture and society in England from the twelfth to the sixteenth century. Although this period has traditionally been interpreted in terms of decline and decay, this excessively gloomy picture has slowly given way over the last eighty years or so to a more positive view of Christian civilization during these centuries. The twenty-two studies brought together here seek to build on this ongoing reassessment of Later Catholic England, especially in those areas in which Professor Logan himself had done so much to deepen our understanding of Christian English society. Contributors are: Travis Baker, Caroline Barron, Nicholas Bennett, Barbara Bombi, Paul Brand, Janet Burton, James G. Clark, Karen Corsano, Virginia Davis, Charles Donahue Jr, Anne J. Duggan, Joan Greatrex, Diana Greenway, Michael Haren, R.H. Helmholz, Philippa Hoskin, Henry Ansgar Kelly, Frederik Pedersen, Seymour Phillips, Michael J.P. Robson, Jens Röhrkasten, Jane Sayers, R.N. Swanson, Daniel Williman, and Patrick Zutshi"-- Provided by publisher

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F. Donald Logan; Travis R Baker

Netherlands, Netherlands

Leiden, 2024

S.l, 2024

Front Cover
Half Title
Series Information
Title Page
Copyright Page
Contents
Preface
Acknowledgements
Figures and Tables
Abbreviations
Notes on Contributors
Donald in London
Introduction: Christian Culture and Society in Later Catholic England
Bibliography
Part 1 Aspects of Secular and Ecclesiastical Legal Culture
Chapter 1 Cherchez le seigneur. Et la femme?
Bibliography
Chapter 2 Holding the Ordinary to Account: The Actions of quare non admisit and quare incumbravit to c. 1307
1
2
3
Bibliography
Chapter 3 Continuities and Seasonality in the York Consistory Court, 1300–1500
The Dataset
The Archive
The Overall Case Load
How Effective Were the Courts?
Marriage Cases 1300–1500
Bibliography
Chapter 4 The Court of Arches and Doctors’ Commons: A Diocesan Perspective
Introduction
1 Appellate Jurisdiction
2 Formularies in Diocesan Archives
3 Opinions of Counsel
Conclusion
Bibliography
Chapter 5 “Liber de practica advocatorum, non utilior in Anglia”: A Canonist’s Compilation from the Fourteenth-Century Court of Arches
1 The Manuscript
2 The Lawyer
3 The Contents
Conclusion
Appendix: The Structure of QQ15–18
Acknowledgements
Bibliography
Chapter 6 The Importance of Employing the Right Team of Representatives at the Fourteenth-Century Papal Curia: The Lawsuit between St Augustine’s Canterbury and the Archbishops of Canterbury (1329–1336)
1 St Augustine’s and Its Appropriated Churches (Mid-Twelfth – End of the Thirteenth Centuries)
2 The Early Fourteenth-Century Dispute between St Augustine’s Canterbury and the Archbishops of Canterbury (1310–1336)
3 Conclusions
Bibliography
Secondary Works
Chapter 7 Proctors Acting for English Petitioners in the Papal Court during the Great Schism
Bibliography
Chapter 8 A Note on the Henrician Canons and the Bonifacian Code
Bibliography
Chapter 9 The Deposition Trial of Edmund Bonner, Bishop of London, 1549
1) The Special Commission
2) The Records
3) The Parties
4) Gairdner’s Summary
5) The Trial Opens, September 10
6) Second Session, September 13
7) Third Session, 16 September
8) Session 4, September 18
9) Events of September 19: Bonner Sick; Smith’s Statement on Appeals
10) Session 5, September 20: Bonner’s New Responses Submitted; Recusation of Smith; Formal Appeal to the King; Imprisoned for Contempt
11) Session 6, September 23: Bonner Recuses All the Judges; Further Appeal
12) Session 7, October 1: Bonner’s Further Protests; He Is Sentenced to Be Deprived of His Bishopric; He Appeals, to No Avail, and Is Imprisoned
13) Bonner’s Post-trial Appeal, October 26
14) Bonner’s Appeal Is Rejected (February 3–8, 1550); Acceptance of Appeal and Nullification of Sentence under Mary (1553)
15) Aftermath
Bibliography
Part 2 Aspects of Mendicant and Monastic Culture
Chapter 10 Becket’s Escape from Northampton: The Role of the Gilbertines
The “Trial” at Northampton
Becket’s “Flit”
Escape to Flanders
The Gilbertine Order
Bibliography
Chapter 11 The Franciscans in the Diocese of Ely during the Fourteenth Century
1 The Franciscan Community
2 The Friars and Their Neighbours in Cambridge
3 The Friars’ Ministry in the Diocese of Ely
4 The Studium generale
Conclusion
Bibliography
Chapter 12 Pastoral Manuals and ‘Anti-fraternalism’ in Fourteenth-Century England
Introductory
The Legal Dimension
The Outlook of William of Pagula
The Regimen animarum
The Cilium oculi sacerdotis
John Aton
Archbishop Thoresby
The Memoriale presbiterorum
Concluding Review
Bibliography
Chapter 13 The Topographical Evolution of English Mendicant Convents in the Age of the Black Death
Bibliography
Chapter 14 The Abbots of the Cistercian House of Meaux (Yorkshire), 1151 to 1399: A Study in Careers
Beginnings
Origins: Geographical and Family
Previous Careers and Election
Convents Divided and Elections Disputed
Endings
Resignation or Death?
The Quondam and the Community
Burial and Commemoration
Legacies and Reputations
Acknowledgement
Appendix 1: The Abbots of Meaux
Appendix 2: Construction, Reconstruction, and Adornment: The Abbots of Meaux as Builders
Bibliography
Chapter 15 The Identity and Career of William Worstede, Prior of Norwich, 1427–36
Introduction
The Identification of William
Early Career
International Role
Further Evidence and Responsibilities
Return to Norwich
Emmanuel College Manuscript 142, folio 165 Recto
English Translation
Bibliography
Chapter 16 The Last Novices of Henrician England
Bibliography
Part 3 Aspects of Clerical Culture
Chapter 17 ‘My Right Trusty Chapeleyn and Seruaunt Domestycall’: The Relationship between Household Chaplains and Their Patrons in Late Medieval England
Introduction
Part 1: Secular Household Chaplains
Part 2: Career Choice and Remuneration
Part 3: Devotional Activities
Part 4: Secular Engagement within the Household
Part 5: Chaplains and Violence
Conclusion
Bibliography
Chapter 18 ‘A Wife and a Seal May Be Deemed Equal’: The Theory and Practice of Sealing of Bishops and Lay Christians in Thirteenth-and Fourteenth-Century England
The Seal in Law in England
The Practice of Sealing: The Medieval Bishop
The Practice of Sealing: The Private Seal
The Practice of Sealing
Conclusion
Bibliography
Chapter 19 Living and Dying at the Time of Archbishop Simon Sudbury 1375 to 1381
Childhood
Marriage and Daughters
Adulthood
Classes and Groups: Knights, Clergy, and Women
Masters, and Mistresses: Their Attitudes to Servants and to the Poor
The Servants
The Poor
Worldly Goods
Beds, Their Furnishings, and Tapestries for the Halls
Jewels
Cups
Armour
Horses
Books
The Adult Years for Women: Wives and Widows in the Household
Responsibilities
Old Age
Preparations for the after-Life: The Body
Burial Places
Construction of Tombs
Ledger Stones and Brasses
Preparations for the after-Life: The Soul
Funerals
Bequests
Chantries
Masses, Pilgrimages and Shrines
The Friars
Folio Numbers for the Testaments Cited
Bibliography
Chapter 20 Fear and Loathing in Fourteenth-Century Rutland: The Segregation of the Rector of Seaton
Latin Text
Seyton’
Bibliography
Part 4 English Laymen and the Papacy
Chapter 21 Londoners and the Papacy in the Fifteenth Century
Bibliography
Chapter 22 Further Thoughts on the Irish Remonstrance of 1317: A Note, Prompted by Archivio Segreto Vaticano, a.a., Arm. i–xviii, 4071
The Remonstrance
Appendix: Archivio Segreto Vaticano, A.A., Arm. I–XVIII, 4071
Contents
Bibliography
Bibliography of the Published Works of F. Donald Logan
Books
Articles
Index
Back Cover

"This book in memory of F. Donald Logan explores different aspects of Christian culture and society in England from the twelfth to the sixteenth century. Although this period has traditionally been interpreted in terms of decline and decay, this excessively gloomy picture has slowly given way over the last eighty years or so to a more positive view of Christian civilization during these centuries. The twenty-two studies brought together here seek to build on this ongoing reassessment of Later Catholic England, especially in those areas in which Professor Logan himself had done so much to deepen our understanding of Christian English society. Contributors are: Travis Baker, Caroline Barron, Nicholas Bennett, Barbara Bombi, Paul Brand, Janet Burton, James G. Clark, Karen Corsano, Virginia Davis, Charles Donahue Jr, Anne J. Duggan, Joan Greatrex, Diana Greenway, Michael Haren, R.H. Helmholz, Philippa Hoskin, Henry Ansgar Kelly, Frederik Pedersen, Seymour Phillips, Michael J.P. Robson, Jens Röhrkasten, Jane Sayers, R.N. Swanson, Daniel Williman, and Patrick Zutshi"-- Provided by publisher

2024-08-06