Episcopal Appointments in England, c. 1214–1344

From Episcopal Election to Papal Provision

Katherine Harvey (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

352 Seiten

2016
Routledge (Verlag)
978-1-138-25009-3 (ISBN)

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In 1214, King John issued a charter granting freedom of election to the English Church; henceforth, cathedral chapters were, theoretically, to be allowed to elect their own bishops, with minimal intervention by the crown. Innocent III confirmed this charter and, in the following year, the right to electoral freedom was restated at the Fourth Lateran Council. In consequence, under Henry III and Edward I the English Church enjoyed something of a golden age of electoral freedom, during which the king might influence elections, but ultimately could not control them. Then, during the reigns of Edward II and Edward III, papal control over appointments was increasingly asserted and from 1344 onwards all English bishops were provided by the pope. 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 III and the three Edwards. The changing roles of the various participants in the appointment process (including, but not limited to, the cathedral chapter, the king, the papacy, the archbishop and the candidate) are given particular emphasis. In addition, the English situation is placed within a European context, through a comparison of English episcopal appointments with those made in France, Scotland and Italy. Bishops were central figures in medieval society and the circumstances of their appointments are of great historical importance. As episcopal appointments were also touchstones of secular-ecclesiastical relations, this book therefore has significant implications for our understanding of church-state interactions during the thirteenth and fourteenth centu

Katherine Harvey is Associate Lecturer in Medieval History at Birkbeck University of London.

Introduction; 1: 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; 2: The Age of Provision; 4: The Age of Provision: Canon Law and Custom; 5: The Age of Provision: Responses and Consequences; 3: The European Context; 6: Episcopal Appointments in a European Context; Conclusion

Erscheinungsdatum	07.09.2016
Reihe/Serie	Church, Faith and Culture in the Medieval West
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	156 x 234 mm
Gewicht	453 g
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Archäologie
	Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Mittelalter
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
	Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Religionsgeschichte
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung
ISBN-10	1-138-25009-0 / 1138250090
ISBN-13	978-1-138-25009-3 / 9781138250093
Zustand	Neuware