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Runaway Religious in Medieval England, c.1240-1540

[Hardback]

by Boston) F. Donald Logan (emmanuel College

    • Book Format

      Hardback

    • Publisher

      Cambridge University Press

    • Published

      May 1996

    • Weight

      559g

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      Runaway Religious in Medieval England, c.1240-1540

      Today's Price £91.83



      Product Description

      The 'runaway religious' were monks, canons and friars who had taken vows of religion and who, with benefit of neither permission nor dispensation, fled their monasteries and returned to a life in the world, usually replacing the religious habit with lay clothes. No legal exit for the discontented was permitted - religious vows were like marriage vows in this respect - until the financial crisis caused by the Great Schism created a market in dispensations for priests in religious orders to leave, take benefices, and live as secular priests. The church therefore pursued runaways with her severest penalty, excommunication, in the express hope that penalties would lead to the return of the straying sheep. Once back, whether by free choice or by force, the runaway was received not with a feast for a prodigal but, in a rite of stark severity, with the imposition of penalties deemed suitable for a sinner.

      Specification

      • Book Format

        Hardback

      • Publisher

        Cambridge University Press

      • Published

        May 1996

      • Weight

        559g

      • Page Count

        324

      • Dimensions

        140 x 216 x 23 mm

      • ISBN

        9780521475020

      • ISBN-10

        0521475023

      • Eden Code

        1192211

      More Information

      • ISBN: 9780521475020

      • Publisher: Cambridge University Press

      • Release Date: May 1996

      • Weight: 559g

      • Dimensions: 140 x 216 x 23 mm

      • Eden Code: 1192211


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