IMC 2017: Sessions
Session 1331: Institutional Organisation, Management, and Authority, II: Lincoln and Its Diocese in the Later Middle Ages
Wednesday 5 July 2017, 16.30-18.00
| Sponsor: | Lincoln Record Society |
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| Organiser: | Abigail Dorr, School of History & Heritage, University of Lincoln |
| Moderator/Chair: | Alison McHardy, Department of History, University of Nottingham |
| Paper 1331-a | Exploiting Early Academic and Pastoral Networks: Richard Gravesend as Bishop of Lincoln (Language: English) Index terms: Ecclesiastical History, Local History, Religious Life |
| Paper 1331-b | The Theology of Robert Grosseteste and the Ordering of the Diocese of Lincoln, 1235-1253 (Language: English) Index terms: Anthropology, Ecclesiastical History, Theology |
| Paper 1331-c | Brotherhood or 'Otherhood'?: Issues of Inclusion and Exclusion in Lincolnshire's Late Medieval Guilds (Language: English) Index terms: Daily Life, Local History, Social History |
| Abstract | Ecclesiastical History has been the centre of much scholarly discussion for the preceding two centuries. However, the relationship between the cathedral, its personnel, and the wider diocese needs further assessment. What was the cathedral's position within its locality and how was this maintained? Using the cathedrals of Lincoln and Durham as case studies, this panel discusses how cathedrals were organised and managed, and addresses how their authority was disseminated throughout the diocese in the later Middle Ages. Largely using new evidence, the panel questions the stability of cathedrals as institutions and the effect of economic, spiritual, and administrative decisions on their relationship with the outside world. |