IMC 2010: Sessions
Session 1025: The Model Bishop in 13th-Century England
Wednesday 14 July 2010, 09.00-10.30
| Sponsor: | Department of History, King's College London |
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| Organiser: | Anne J. Duggan, Department of History, King's College London |
| Moderator/Chair: | Philippa Hoskin, Borthwick Institute of Historical Research, University of York |
| Paper 1025-a | The 'Model' Bishop in Politics (Language: English) Index terms: Ecclesiastical History, Sermons and Preaching |
| Paper 1025-b | The 'Model Bishop' at St Albans in the 13th Century (Language: English) Index terms: Ecclesiastical History, Monasticism |
| Paper 1025-c | Unfit to Be a Bishop: The Quashing of Episcopal Elections in 13th-Century England (Language: English) Index terms: Canon Law, Ecclesiastical History |
| Abstract | The role of a medieval bishop was multi-faceted: his duties included spiritual, pastoral, and political functions. This session looks at the notion of the 'model bishop' as it was understood in 13th-century England, in order to answer two crucial questions: which qualities were thought to make a good bishop? And which attributes made a man unfit for episcopal office? The papers will consider these questions from a range of perspectives, ecclesiastical and secular, using examples drawn from across the country. These will be placed within the European context in order to reflect contrasts between English and continental understandings of episcopacy. |