Clergy

I have now officially lost track of the threads again. But we have been
"talking" a bit about the role of the church in Richard's story. And
having started to look through official records of government, I am
impressed by how much of that business was carried on by clergy (or is
clerics a better word? anyway - men who "of the cloth"). In which vein,
this is an interesting link --

http://www.dur.ac.uk/r.h.britnell/articles/Elites.htm

It has 2 little charts about rural society, & how many lay people there
were of what rank; it also points out that the number of "grandees" was
lower in the late 15th century (makes sense because we know they were
"busy" killing each other off in the struggle for power). I wonder what a
similar chart would show for the church.

Anyway, looks like a very good idea to flesh out what exactly was going on
amongst the so-called religious segment of society during that time.

A J

Wow, that is interesting, thanks for posting.

On May 22, 2013, at 8:28 AM, "A J Hibbard" <ajhibbard@...<mailto:ajhibbard@...>> wrote:



I have now officially lost track of the threads again. But we have been
"talking" a bit about the role of the church in Richard's story. And
having started to look through official records of government, I am
impressed by how much of that business was carried on by clergy (or is
clerics a better word? anyway - men who "of the cloth"). In which vein,
this is an interesting link --

http://www.dur.ac.uk/r.h.britnell/articles/Elites.htm

It has 2 little charts about rural society, & how many lay people there
were of what rank; it also points out that the number of "grandees" was
lower in the late 15th century (makes sense because we know they were
"busy" killing each other off in the struggle for power). I wonder what a
similar chart would show for the church.

Anyway, looks like a very good idea to flesh out what exactly was going on
amongst the so-called religious segment of society during that time.

A J

The top clergy also tended to have a first qualification in Law from Oxbridge - so you can see they were very useful. Ffound this morning that a ruling from Stillington is still quoted in the 'law' books.



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I have now officially lost track of the threads again. But we have been
"talking" a bit about the role of the church in Richard's story. And
having started to look through official records of government, I am
impressed by how much of that business was carried on by clergy (or is
clerics a better word? anyway - men who "of the cloth"). In which vein,
this is an interesting link --

http://www.dur.ac.uk/r.h.britnell/articles/Elites.htm

It has 2 little charts about rural society, & how many lay people there
were of what rank; it also points out that the number of "grandees" was
lower in the late 15th century (makes sense because we know they were
"busy" killing each other off in the struggle for power). I wonder what a
similar chart would show for the church.

Anyway, looks like a very good idea to flesh out what exactly was going on
amongst the so-called religious segment of society during that time.

A J