Hireling shepherds : English bishops and their deputies, c.1186 to c.1323
This thesis investigates how and why bishops began to employ specially empowered deputies (i.e. vicars general) to run their dioceses on their behalf, particularly in the course of the thirteenth century. It seeks to discover, in a particular sample, how much administration was effected by means of deputies in the period, the purposes for which deputies were employed, and more generally the consequences of their employment on the role of the bishop in medieval society. Structurally, the thesis is divided into three main sections. The first is a detailed case study of a particular bishop of Winchester and the vicarial administration of his diocese during an absence of some fifteen months, between January 1322 and April 1323. Having established the nature of the phenomenon, the next section, comprised of two chapters, explores the foundations in canon and Roman law that enabled bishops to appoint others to act in their names. Finally, a third section is formed by another case study of a different type. Drawing upon an accompanying edition of acta performed by episcopal deputies in the diocese of Lincoln in the period from 1186 to 1272, it analyses the development of the deputiesâ âofficeâ in the formative
Hope, A. A. L.
Hireling shepherds : English bishops and their deputies, c.1186 to c.1323. This thesis investigates how and why bishops began to employ specially empowered deputies (i.e. vicars general) to run their dioceses on their behalf, particularly in the course of the thirteenth century. It seeks to discover, in a particular sample, how much administration was effected by means of deputies in the period, the purposes for which deputies were employed, and more generally the consequences of their employment on the role of the bishop in medieval society. Structurally, the thesis is divided into three main sections. The first is a detailed case study of a particular bishop of Winchester and the vicarial administration of his diocese during an absence of some fifteen months, between January 1322 and April 1323. Having established the nature of the phenomenon, the next section, comprised of two chapters, explores the foundations in canon and Roman law that enabled bishops to appoint others to act in their names. Finally, a third section is formed by another case study of a different type. Drawing upon an accompanying edition of acta performed by episcopal deputies in the diocese of Lincoln in the period from 1186 to 1272, it analyses the development of the deputiesâ âofficeâ in the formative
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