medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
While we're discussing this, does anyone know of a book that focuses on the
process of episcopal or archepiscopal visitation??
Andrew E. Larsen
On 3/21/08 11:20 AM, "Christopher Crockett" <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
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> From: Tom Izbicki <[log in to unmask]>
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>> I believe that the size of a diocese like Lincoln made administration even
> more difficult. That may be why new sees were created after the
> Reformation. Thus Bristol & Gloucester, among others.
>
>
> likewise, at the very end of the 17th c., Chartres (the largest diocese in
> France) was pared down a bit with the "elevation" of Blois to episcopal status
> (its diocese being also made up of parts of Bourges --another giant-- on the
> south side of the Loire).
>
> and, at some point round ces temps la, Paris was elevated to Provincial status
> (and Versailles became a see).
>
> unwieldy size might well have been a factor, but i would suggest that these
> changes --even the Chartres/Bourges paring-- also reflected relative
> post-middlevil demographic and administrative transformations in suchlike
> places as the Loire valley and Versailles.
>
> c
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