TY  - BOOK
AU  - Harvey,Katherine
TI  - Episcopal Appointments in England, c. 1214-1344: From Episcopal Election to Papal Provision
T2  - Church, Faith and Culture in the Medieval West
SN  - 9781472420305 (electronic bk.)
AV  - BV664 .H38 2014 
U1  - 262.12242262.1224209022262/.1224209022 
PY  - 2014///
CY  - Farnham
PB  - Ashgate Publishing Ltd
KW  - Bishops
KW  - Appointment, call, and election
KW  - History
KW  - Clergy
KW  - Election law (Canon law)
KW  - Great Britain
KW  - Church history
KW  - 1066-1485
KW  - RELIGION / Christian Theology / Ecclesiology
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - Cover; Contents; Figures and Tables; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; Introduction; Part I The Age of Election; 1 The Theory of Election; 2 The Custom of Election: Ritual and Finance; 3 The Practice and Problems of Episcopal Election, c.1214-c.1307; Part II The Age of Provision; 4 The Age of Provision: Canon Law and Custom; 5 The Age of Provision: Responses and Consequences; Part III The European Context; 6 Episcopal Appointments in a European Context; Conclusion; Appendix: Appointments to English Bishoprics, 1215-1344; Bibliography; Index
N2  - Bishops were central figures in medieval society and the circumstances of their appointments are of great historical importance. This book considers the theory and practice of free canonical election in its heyday under Henry III and Edward I, and the nature of and reasons for the subsequent transition to papal provision. An analysis of the theoretical evidence for this subject (including canon law, royal pronouncements and Lawrence of Somercote's remarkable 1254 tract on episcopal elections) is combined with a consideration of the means by which bishops were created during the reigns of Henry
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