Piety and locality : studies in urban and rural religion in Surrey, c.1450-c.1550
This thesis aims to explore the forms and characteristics of religious expression in Surrey during the later middle ages. The county has lacked detailed research, and one purpose of this study is, therefore, to discuss materials and evidence which have not yet been brought into the arena of scholarly debate. The thesis contains six chapters: a survey of the background history of the county and the sources: a discussion of support for the religious orders: an examination of the forms and types of charitable institutions: an analysis of gild activity: a survey of patterns of church-building and church-furnishing, while the final chapter seeks to ascertain the extent of the threat posed by heresy to the traditional order, and also charts the progress of the Reformation in Surrey down to the death of Edward VI. Much of the evidence for this study is derived from wills, bishops' registers, and churchwardens' and gildwardens' accounts. Wills exist in substantial numbers from c. 1480 onwards, while parish and gild records survive from Shere, Horley, Lambeth, Kingston upon Thames, St Margaret's and St Olave's Southwark and Wandsworth. The records generated during the Reformation, such as chantry certificates, and
Groom, Matthew
Religious orders
Piety and locality : studies in urban and rural religion in Surrey, c.1450-c.1550. This thesis aims to explore the forms and characteristics of religious expression in Surrey during the later middle ages. The county has lacked detailed research, and one purpose of this study is, therefore, to discuss materials and evidence which have not yet been brought into the arena of scholarly debate. The thesis contains six chapters: a survey of the background history of the county and the sources: a discussion of support for the religious orders: an examination of the forms and types of charitable institutions: an analysis of gild activity: a survey of patterns of church-building and church-furnishing, while the final chapter seeks to ascertain the extent of the threat posed by heresy to the traditional order, and also charts the progress of the Reformation in Surrey down to the death of Edward VI. Much of the evidence for this study is derived from wills, bishops' registers, and churchwardens' and gildwardens' accounts. Wills exist in substantial numbers from c. 1480 onwards, while parish and gild records survive from Shere, Horley, Lambeth, Kingston upon Thames, St Margaret's and St Olave's Southwark and Wandsworth. The records generated during the Reformation, such as chantry certificates, and
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