The role of pastoral care reconsidered in the context of major changes within the Anglo-Saxon church. The tenth and eleventh centuries saw a number of very significant developments in the history of the English Church, perhaps the most important being the proliferation of local churches, which were to be the basis of the modern parochial system. Using evidence from homilies, canon law, saints' lives, and liturgical and penitential sources, the articles collected in this volume focus on the ways in which such developments were reflected in pastoral care, considering what it consisted of at this time, how it was provided and by whom. Starting with an investigation of the secular clergy, their recruitment and patronage, the papers move on to examine a variety of aspects of late Anglo-Saxon pastoral care, including church due payments, preaching, baptism, penance, confession, visitation of the sick and archaeological evidence of burial practice. Special attention is paid to the few surviving manuscripts which are likely to have been used in the field and the evidence they provide for the context, the actions and the verbal exchanges which characterised pastoral provisions.

About the Author
Francesca Tinti is Ikerbasque Research Professor at the University of the Basque Country UPV/EHU Francesca Tinti is Ikerbasque Research Professor at the University of the Basque Country UPV/EHU

Reviews
A significant and important contribution to studies into late Anglo-Saxon pastoral care. * THE MEDIEVAL REVIEW *
A very valuable collection of new work on matters organizational, textual, sacramental and practical. * THE YEAR'S WORK IN ENGLISH STUDIES *
It deals with aspects of Anglo-Saxon history which are not often encountered and is full of interest. * ENGLISH HISTORICAL REVIEW *



Book Information
ISBN 9781843831563
Author Professor Francesca Tinti
Format Hardback
Page Count 160
Imprint The Boydell Press
Publisher Boydell & Brewer Ltd