English Chantries

by Alan Kreider

The chantries of medieval England were founded in the belief that intercessory masses shortened the period spent by souls in purgatory. They played a greater role in the daily life of sixteenth-century Englishmen than did monasteries, yet up to now the dissolution of the chantries has not been a popular subject of study. Alan Kreider rectifies this, establishing the importance of the chantries in the story of late medieval and Reformation England...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1620325276
• ISBN13: 9781620325278
• Release Date: September 2012
• Publisher: Wipf & Stock Publishers
• Length: 294 Pages
• Weight: 0.97 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 8.9"