The Medieval Chantry in England

by Julian M. Luxford

Chantries were religious institutions endowed with land, goods and money. At their heart was the performance of a daily mass for the spiritual benefit of their founders, and the souls of all faithful dead. To Church reformers, they exemplified some of medieval Catholicism's most egregious errors; but to the orthodox they offered opportunities to influence what occurred in an unknowable afterlife. The eleven essays presented here lead the reader...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1032921048
• ISBN13: 9781032921044
• Release Date: October 2024
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 324 Pages