{"product_id":"the-people-of-the-parish-community-life-in-a-late-medieval-english-diocese-hardcover-1","title":"The People of the Parish: Community Life in a Late Medieval English Diocese - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eKatherine L. French\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe People of the Parish Community Life in a Late Medieval English Diocese Katherine L. French \"Meticulously researched and erudite.\"--\u003ci\u003eThe Historian\u003c\/i\u003e \"A coherent, well-written, and stimulating survey of parish life.\"--\u003ci\u003eCatholic Historical Review\u003c\/i\u003e \"By integrating issues of literacy and gender, and considering the tensions as well as cohesion, this book adds a significant contribution to the developing understanding of the role of the parish in late medieval English religious and social life.\"--Robert Swanson, University of Birmingham \"Katherine French puts a human face on the history of the English medieval parish between the end of the fourteenth century and the Reformation.\"--Carol Davidson-Cragoe, \u003ci\u003eThe Medieval Review\u003c\/i\u003e The parish, the lowest level of hierarchy in the medieval church, was the shared responsibility of the laity and the clergy. Most Christians were baptized, went to confession, were married, and were buried in the parish church or churchyard; in addition, business, legal settlements, sociability, and entertainment brought people to the church, uniting secular and sacred concerns. In \u003ci\u003eThe People of the Parish\u003c\/i\u003e, Katherine L. French contends that late medieval religion was participatory and flexible, promoting different kinds of spiritual and material involvement. The rich parish records of the small diocese of Bath and Wells include wills, court records, and detailed accounts by lay churchwardens of everyday parish activities. They reveal the differences between parishes within a single diocese that cannot be attributed to regional variation. By using these records show to the range and diversity of late medieval parish life, and a Christianity vibrant enough to accommodate differences in status, wealth, gender, and local priorities, French refines our understanding of lay attitudes toward Christianity in the two centuries before the Reformation. \u003cb\u003eKatherine L. French\u003c\/b\u003e is Associate Professor of History at the State University of New York, New Paltz. The Middle Ages Series 2000 320 pages 6 1\/8 x 9 1\/4 9 illus. ISBN 978-0-8122-3581-4 Cloth $75.00s  49.00 World Rights History, Religion Short copy: \"Katherine French puts a human face on the history of the English medieval parish between the end of the fourteenth century and the Reformation.\"--Carol Davidson-Cragoe, \u003ci\u003eTMR\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eKatherine L. French is Associate Professor of History at the State University of New York, New Paltz.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 320\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.88 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 30, 2000\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42596814651488,"sku":"9780812235814","price":162.98,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0598\/1922\/9280\/files\/TG45UlFGRWtaTWVHREF5c2gzeGpVUT09.webp?v=1771660486","url":"https:\/\/bijoucc.myshopify.com\/products\/the-people-of-the-parish-community-life-in-a-late-medieval-english-diocese-hardcover-1","provider":"CARIBBEAN CONNECT","version":"1.0","type":"link"}