The Proprietary Church in the Medieval West

by Susan Wood

This book examines in what ways and how far medieval churches were treated as items of property. It ranges over most of Western Europe, from beginnings in the late Roman Empire and post-Roman kingdoms, into the Carolingian empire and its neighbours and successor states; and through the Gregorian reform, up to the late twelfth century when property in churches was patchily superseded by the canon-law right of patronage. The approach is as much social...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199552630
• ISBN13: 9780199552634
• Release Date: February 2009
• Publisher: OUP Oxford
• Length: 1020 Pages
• Weight: 3.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 2.4" x 6.7" x 9.6"