Urban Society and Monastic Lordship in Reading, 1350-1600 av Dr. Joe Chick

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<p>Interrogates the standard view of turbulent and violent town-abbey relations through a combination of traditional and new research techniques.</p><p><span>The power of the medieval Church stretched far beyond the religious sphere. Bishops and monasteries held lordship over vast areas of the realm, often wielding political and judicial powers beyond those of secular lords.</span></p><p><br></p><p><span>By combining traditional research methods with Social Network Analysis, the author moves beyond a focus on the political elites and institutionalised bodies, such as the corporation, to look at lower-status members of society and how they interacted with the successive governing authorities. Through a detailed examination of the governmental, guild, parish, and testamentary records of Reading, this book presents a view of town-abbey relations as largely non-violent, thus problematising the more traditional characterisation