Dear John,
what an interesting topic, and how good to have a student interested in it!
I'd start in two places:
AUTHOR: Convegno di storia della Chiesa in Italia (6th : 1981 : Florence,
Italy)
TITLE: Pievi e parrocchie in Italia nel basso Medioevo (sec. XIII-XV): atti
del VI Convegno di storia della Chiesa in Italia: Firenze, 21-25 sett.,
1981.
PUB. INFO: Roma : Herder editrice e libreria, 1984.
DESCRIPTION: 2 v. (xix, 1323 p.) ; 24 cm.
SERIES: Italia sacra ; 35-36
and
AUTHOR: Mascanzoni, L.
TITLE: Pievi e parrocchie in Italia : saggio di bibliografia storica /
L. Mascanzoni ; con introduzione di A. Vasina.
PUB. INFO: Bologna : [s.n.], 1988-1989.
DESCRIPTION: 2 v. ; 24 cm.
There will be some relevant material in both volumes.
Best wishes,
George
>To Medieval-Religion:
>
> One of my students asked about preparing a thesis proposal concerning the
>training of and the ministry of parish priests in medieval Italy. Leaving
>aside, for a minute, the question of when Italian rural ecclesiastical
>organization actually coalesced into something that we would recognize as a
>parish system--and leaving aside the fragments of information found in
>hagiographical sources, tithes lists, etc.--is there any good general
>bibliography on these questions?
>
> John Howe
> Texas Tech University
>
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