Church and Society in England, 1000-1500

By Andrew D. Brown

Book Overview

This book offers a fresh interpretation of the relationship between the church, society and religion across five centuries of change. Andrew Brown examines how the teachings of an increasingly universal Church were applied at a local level and how social change shaped the religious practices of the laity. His approach encompasses the structures of corporate religion, the devotional practices surrounding cults and saints, the effects of literacy (not least on the development of heresy), and how gender, class and political power affected and fragmented the expression of religion.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0333691458
• ISBN13: 9780333691458
• Release Date: July 2003
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
• Length: 253 Pages
• Weight: 0.76 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.5" x 8.7"