Imagining the Parish: Parochial Space and Spiritual Community in Late Medieval England
- Author / Editor
- Rentz, Ellen K.
Imagining the Parish: Parochial Space and Spiritual Community in Late Medieval England
- Published
- Dissertation Abstracts International A71.02 (2010): n.p.
- Description
- Considers writers such as Chaucer, Robert Mannyng, John Mirk, and, most extensively, William Langland in examining the medieval understanding of the parish and its associated individuals and phenomena. As a traditional center of religious practice, the parish was challenged by lay devotion, friars, hermits, and more.
- Chaucer Subjects
- Background and General Criticism.