Runaway Religious in Medieval England, c.1240–1540
Part of Cambridge Studies in Medieval Life and Thought: Fourth Series
- Author: F. Donald Logan, Emmanuel College, Boston
- Date Published: May 2002
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- format: Paperback
- isbn: 9780521520225
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The 'runaway religious' were monks, canons and friars who had taken vows of religion and who, with benefit of neither permission nor dispensation, fled their monasteries and returned to a life in the world, usually replacing the religious habit with lay clothes. No legal exit for the discontented was permitted - religious vows were like marriage vows in this respect - until the financial crisis caused by the Great Schism created a market in dispensations for priests in religious orders to leave, take benefices, and live as secular priests. The church therefore pursued runaways with her severest penalty, excommunication, in the express hope that penalties would lead to the return of the straying sheep. Once back, whether by free choice or by force, the runaway was received not with a feast for a prodigal but, in a rite of stark severity, with the imposition of penalties deemed suitable for a sinner.
Read more- This is the first study of the subject of runaway nuns and monks in medieval England
- The book is written in a clear and entertaining style, and contains many fascinating case-studies
- Can be related to the contemporary question of resistance against the (Catholic) church by renegade religious
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- Date Published: May 2002
- format: Paperback
- isbn: 9780521520225
- length: 324 pages
- dimensions: 217 x 140 x 23 mm
- weight: 0.528kg
- availability: Available
Table of Contents
Preface
Introduction
1. A question of terms
2. Legal alternatives
3. Two questions: how many? and why?
4. The secular arm
5. Return and reconciliation
6. The 1530s
Appendices
Bibliography.
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