The Church and Northern English Society in the Fourteenth Century

Insights into ecclesiastical, political, cultural and social history of the north of England through an exploration of the administrative archives of fourteenth century archbishops.

List of IllustrationsList of ContributorsAcknowledgementsList of AbbreviationsMap: The Ecclesiastical Province of York, c. 1304-1405Introduction - Paul Dryburgh and Sarah Rees Jones1. The Administrative Records of the Archbishops of York, 1304-1405 - Sarah Rees Jones2. The Archbishops of York and the Government of Fourteenth-Century England - Paul Dryburgh3. Support or Scourge? Archbishop William Melton and the Tradition of Loyal Opposition to the English Crown, 1317-1340 - ¿W. Mark Ormrod4. Beyond the Border: The Influence of York Clerks in the Two Edwards' Scottish Administrations, 1332-1357 - Jenny M. McHugh5. Responding to Royal Requirements: Clerical Taxation in the Province of York 1304-1405 - Rosemary C. E. Hayes6. Ad insolenciam ipsius rebellis salubrius reprimendam: William Thorntoft, the Abbey of Rufford and Significations of Excommunication in the Northern Province - Jonathan Mackman7. Blood, Sex and Holy Water: Reconciling Churches and Churchyards in the Medieval Diocese of York - Katherine Harvey8. Structuring Episcopal Authority: Palaces and Residences of the Archbishop of York - Stefania Merlo Perring9. Medieval Parks of the Archbishops of York - John S. Lee10. Northern Ways? Pilgrimage, Politics and Piety in the Fourteenth-Century Administrative Records of the Archdiocese of York - John Jenkins11. Underexplored Sources for Gender History: New Approaches to the Fourteenth-Century York Archbishops' Registers - Marianne Wilson12. Joan of Leeds and Other Apostate Nuns in the Province of York, 1300-1350 - Helen WattSelect BibliographyIndex