Robert Winchelsey and the Crown 1294-1313: A Study in the Defence of Ecclesiastical Liberty

by Jeffrey H. Denton

Overview

This is the first detailed study of the career of one of the most important medieval archbishops of Canterbury. Robert Winchelsey sought to defend ecclesiastical rights and liberties at a time when the English Church was under constant pressure from the king and his government, and he suffered suspension from office as a result of his opposition to Edward I. The theme of the book is the relationship of this learned and saintly archbishop with the Crown during the last troubled years of Edward I's reign and the first equally troubled years of Edward II's reign.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780521893978
Publisher:	Cambridge University Press
Publication date:	05/09/2002
Series:	Cambridge Studies in Medieval Life and Thought: Third Series , #14
Edition description:	Revised ed.
Pages:	352
Product dimensions:	5.47(w) x 8.54(h) x 0.91(d)

Table of Contents

Preface; Abbreviations; Introduction; 1. The man: his learning and sanctity; 2. Episcopal colleagues; 3. Taxation and politics 1294–1296; 4. Taxation and politics 1297; 5. Taxation and politics 1298–1313; 6. Royal clerks and the cure of souls; Appendix; Bibliography; Index of manuscripts; General index.