03480nam a2200505Ka 4500 ocn812174065 OCoLC 20200709055546.0 m d cr cnu---unuuu 121008s2012 nyu ob 001 0 eng d N$T N$T 9781139526180 (electronic bk.) 1139526189 (electronic bk.) 9781107022140 1107022142 (OCoLC)812174065 465749 (N$T) e-uk-en BR750 .B87 2012eb REL 010000 bisacsh 282/.4209022 23 HIS015000 bisacsh N$TA Burger, Michael, 1962- Bishops, clerks, and diocesan governance in thirteenth-century England [electronic resource] : reward and punishment / Michael Burger. New York : Cambridge University Press, 2012. 1 online resource. "This book investigates how bishops deployed reward and punishment to control their administrative subordinates in thirteenth-century England. Bishops had few effective avenues available to them for disciplining their clerks and rarely pursued them, preferring to secure their service and loyalty through rewards. The chief reward was the benefice, often granted for life. Episcopal administrators' security of tenure in these benefices, however, made them free agents, allowing them to transfer from diocese to diocese or even leave administration altogether; they did not constitute a standing episcopal civil service. This tenuous bureaucratic relationship made the personal relationship between bishop and clerk more important. Ultimately, many bishops communicated in terms of friendship with their administrators, who responded with expressions of devotion. Michael Burger's study brings together ecclesiastical, social, legal and cultural history, producing the first synoptic study of thirteenth-century English diocesan administration in decades. His research provides an ecclesiastical counterpoint to numerous studies of bastard feudalism in secular contexts"-- Provided by publisher. Includes bibliographical references and index. Machine generated contents note: Part I. The Problem: 1. Introduction; 2. Dangers of service; Part II. Rewards and Punishments: 3. Benefice for service and for benefit; 4. Security of tenure in benefices; 5. Pensions; 6. Other rewards; 7. Punishment; Part III. Consequences: 8. Patronage hunger; 9. Continuity and discontinuity in administration; 10. Affection and devotion; 11. Conclusions: culture and context. Description based on print version record. England Church history 1066-1485. Benefices, Ecclesiastical England History. Church polity. Church discipline. HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain bisacsh RELIGION / Christianity / Catholic bisacsh Electronic books. Print version: Burger, Michael, 1962- Bishops, clerks, and diocesan governance in thirteenth-century England. New York : Cambridge University Press, 2012 9781107022140 (DLC) 2012012498 (OCoLC)781677263 EBSCOhost http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=465749 EBSCOhost EBSC 465749 cpp1723AUTO 02 N$T 51415 51415