medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
Presumably, one of them was attached to the cathedral. I'll see if I
can sort this out further when our library reopens after the holidays.
On 02/01/2011 3:32 PM, John Briggs wrote:
> medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
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> On 02/01/2011 18:53, Dr Jim Bugslag wrote:
>>
>> A situation which actually led to conflict during the Middle Ages was
>> the many cases of parish churches that were accommodated in monasteries.
>> Monastic gates were locked at night, and the conflict arose because in
>> this situation parishioners did not have access to their parish church
>> at night. In 1283, for example, Archbishop Peckham of Canterbury (a
>> cathedral priory, with monks rather than canons) ruled that, since the
>> people of Canterbury had no parish church except the cathedral, from
>> which they were debarred at night be the closing of the priory gate,
>> they should henceforth either have access to it at all times or a parish
>> church should be built for them. This did not end conflict at
>> Canterbury, however, and in the early 14th century, a parochial oratory
>> was built in the north nave aisle by screening off the three westernmost
>> bays from the rest of the nave, probably with wooden screens. The
>> parishioners had access to the oratory even at night. This must have
>> entailed night access into the priory, a situation which no doubt
>> rankled with the monks and which may have affected the layout of the
>> precinct. Such situations were quite common at English Benedictine
>> monasteries with parochial responsibilities.
>
> I think something has got lost in translation, because medieval
> Canterbury had twenty-two parishes, each with its own church.
>
> John Briggs
>
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