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The injunctions and other ecclesiastical proceedings of Richard Barnes, bishop of Durham, from 1575 to 1587

The injunctions and other ecclesiastical proceedings of Richard Barnes, bishop of Durham, from 1575 to 1587

Barnes, Richard

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General ReferenceFiction AnthologiesBritish History

ISBN10: 9353709792
ISBN13: 9789353709792
Publisher: Alpha Edition
Published: Jun 1 2019
Pages: 336
Weight: 0.94
Height: 0.75 Width: 5.50 Depth: 8.50
Language: English
Behind the plain language of orders and depositions lies a drama of belief, authority, and daily life in northern England. Power meets parish life here. Spanning the Durham diocese 1570s through 1587, Richard Barnes's directives reveal how Elizabethan England religion was governed at ground level. This church injunctions collection is more than a set of rules: it brings together ecclesiastical court records and related diocesan governance proceedings from a reformation era visitation culture that watched, questioned, and corrected. Across these primary source documents, you see anglican church discipline in motion - standards for clergy, the care of churches, parish finance, moral conduct, and the contested habits of worship as the English Reformation documents became practice. The result is crisp evidence, rich with local voices, for anyone tracing what conformity meant in town and village. Historically, the volume is a dependable Tudor legal history reference, showing canon law history at work outside Westminster and reminding us that the Reformation was administered as well as preached. For historians of institutions, it maps the bishop's reach from cathedral chapter to remote parishes, and preserves the vocabulary of oversight, correction, and compromise, useful for teaching, citation, and close comparison. It rewards church history researchers, students, and curious readers alike, while giving classic-history collectors a durable cornerstone for an Elizabethan shelf. Republished by Alpha Editions in a careful modern edition, this volume preserves the spirit of the original while making it effortless to enjoy today - a heritage title prepared for readers and collectors alike.

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