Contents

pp vii-viii

Preface

pp ix-x

List of Abbreviations

pp xi-xii

I - INTRODUCTION: THE LEGACY OF THE THIRTEENTH CENTURY

pp 1-6

PART I - CHURCH AND STATE

pp 7-8

II - THE SOCIAL STRUCTURE OF THE ENGLISH CHURCH

pp 9-29

III - PATRONAGE AND THE USE OF BENEFICES

pp 30-46

IV - PAPAL PROVISIONS

pp 47-75

V - ANGLO-PAPAL RELATIONS

pp 76-102

PART II - INTELLECTUAL LIFE AND CONTROVERSY

pp 103-104

VI - SCHOLASTIC INSTITUTIONS AND THE GEOGRAPHY OF LEARNING

pp 105-122

VII - TOPICS OF CONTROVERSY

pp 123-135

VIII - PERSONALITIES

pp 136-186

PART III - RELIGIOUS LITERATURE

pp 187-188

IX - MANUALS OF INSTRUCTION FOR PARISH PRIESTS

pp 189-219

X - RELIGIOUS AND MORAL TREATISES IN THE VERNACULAR

pp 220-243

XI - ENGLISH MYSTICAL LITERATURE OF THE FOURTEENTH CENTURY

pp 244-262

Appendix I - The Latin text of passages quoted from manuscript sources

pp 263-276

Appendix II - Two collections of didactic treatises

pp 277-280

Index

pp 281-292