The Register of Gilbert Welton, Bishop of Carlisle 1353-1362 Hardback
Edited by R.L. Storey
Part of the Canterbury & York Society series
Hardback
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Register of capable ecclesiastical administrator shows him imposing order on impoverished war-ton Carlisle diocese. Gilbert Welton was an eminent ecclesiastical administrator who won papal favour when visiting the Curia at Avignon.
He recruited qualified staff before settling in the impoverished, war-torn diocese of Carlisle, which had not beenaccustomed to a resident bishop or to a high standard of episcopal government.
His professionalism is reflected in the professional quality of his register.
Among its contents are a dozen records of matrimonial causes (one Carlisle woman was divorced twice in six weeks); of further social interest are the 59 wills of laymen and beneficed clergy, many of them victims of the second visitation of the Black Death in 1362. This volume offers a calendarof the whole manuscript, with an appendix of full Latin texts of entries of special interest.
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- Format:Hardback
- Pages:221 pages
- Publisher:Boydell & Brewer Ltd
- Publication Date:23/12/1999
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- ISBN:9780907239598
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Available to Order - This title is available to order, with delivery expected within 2 weeks
- Format:Hardback
- Pages:221 pages
- Publisher:Boydell & Brewer Ltd
- Publication Date:23/12/1999
- Category:
- ISBN:9780907239598
