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- catalog abstract ""Runaway religious were monks, canons and friars who had taken vows of religion and who, with benefit of neither permission nor dispensation, fled their monasteries and returned to a life in the world. This book is the first to tell their story." "Not only the normal tugs of the world drew them away: other less obvious yet equally human motives, such as boredom, led to a return to the world. No legal exit for the discontented was permitted - religious vows were like marriage vows in this respect - until the financial crisis caused by the Great Schism created a market in dispensations for priests in religious orders to leave, take benefices and live as secular priests. The church therefore pursued runaways with her severest penalty, excommunication, in the express hope that penalties would lead to the return of the straying sheep. The secular arm, at the behest of religious superiors, sent out hundreds of writs to royal officials to effect the arrest and return of runaway religious. Once back, whether by free choice or force, the runaway was received not with a feast for a prodigal but, in a rite of stark severity, with the imposition of penalties deemed suitable for a sinner. The story ends only when the religious houses, great and small, were emptied of their inhabitants in the sixteenth century."--BOOK JACKET.".
- catalog alternative "Runaway religious in England, c. 1240-1540".
- catalog contributor b9565736.
- catalog coverage "England Church history 1066-1485.".
- catalog created "1996.".
- catalog date "1996".
- catalog date "1996.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "1996.".
- catalog description ""Runaway religious were monks, canons and friars who had taken vows of religion and who, with benefit of neither permission nor dispensation, fled their monasteries and returned to a life in the world. This book is the first to tell their story." "Not only the normal tugs of the world drew them away: other less obvious yet equally human motives, such as boredom, led to a return to the world. No legal exit for the discontented was permitted - religious vows were like marriage vows in this respect - until the financial crisis caused by the Great Schism created a market in dispensations for priests in religious orders to leave, take benefices and live as secular priests. The church therefore pursued runaways with her severest penalty, excommunication, in the express hope that penalties would lead to the return of the straying sheep. The secular arm, at the behest of religious superiors, sent out hundreds of writs to royal officials to effect the arrest and return of runaway religious. Once back, whether by free choice or force, the runaway was received not with a feast for a prodigal but, in a rite of stark severity, with the imposition of penalties deemed suitable for a sinner. The story ends only when the religious houses, great and small, were emptied of their inhabitants in the sixteenth century."--BOOK JACKET.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 268-276) and indexes.".
- catalog extent "xix, 301 p. :".
- catalog identifier "0521475023 (hc)".
- catalog isPartOf "Cambridge studies in medieval life and thought ; 4th ser., 32".
- catalog issued "1996".
- catalog issued "1996.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press,".
- catalog spatial "England Church history 1066-1485.".
- catalog spatial "England.".
- catalog subject "271/.00942/0902 20".
- catalog subject "BX2592 .L64 1996".
- catalog subject "Monasticism and religious orders England.".
- catalog subject "Monasticism and religious orders History Middle Ages, 600-1500.".
- catalog title "Runaway religious in England, c. 1240-1540".
- catalog title "Runaway religious in medieval England, c. 1240-1540 / F. Donald Logan.".
- catalog type "Church history. fast".
- catalog type "History. fast".
- catalog type "text".