Patronage, Power, and Masculinity in Medieval England: A Microhistory of a Bishop's and Knight's Contest over the Church of Thame

by Andrew Miller

The book investigates a riveting, richly documented conflict from thirteenth-century England over church property and ecclesiastical patronage.

Oliver Sutton, the bishop of Lincoln, and John St. John, a royal household knight, both used coveted papal provisions to bestow the valuable church of Thame to a familial clerical candidate (a nephew and son, respectively). Between 1292 and 1294 three people died over the right to possess this church...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1032290749
• ISBN13: 9781032290744
• Release Date: March 2023
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 246 Pages
• Weight: 1.17 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"