The Last Generation of English Catholic Clergy: Parish Priests in the Diocese of Coventry and Lichfield in the Early Sixteenth Century

by Tim Cooper

A central paradox of the English reformation is that the call to the Catholic priesthood was never more eagerly answered than on the very eve of religious upheaval. In this important new study, based on the records of the third largest diocese in the country, covering six counties of the midlands and north-west, Dr Cooper traces the careers of the pastoral clergy from their preparatory education, through ordination and job-hunting, to the writing...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0851157521
• ISBN13: 9780851157528
• Release Date: December 1999
• Publisher: Boydell Press
• Length: 254 Pages
• Weight: 1.33 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.4" x 9.6"