Institute for Medieval Studies

Session	1612
Title	Bishops before GPS: English Bishops on the Move, c.700-c.1300
Date/Time	Thursday 15 July 2010: 11.15-12.45
Organiser	Julia Steuart Barrow, Institute for Medieval Studies / School of History, University of Leeds / Northern History
Moderator/Chair	Catherine Cubitt, School of History, University of East Anglia
Paper 1612-a	Episcopal Logistics: Clerical Retinues, Hospitality, and Travel, c.600-c.800 (Language: English) Thomas Pickles, Department of History & Archaeology, University of Chester Index Terms: Ecclesiastical History; Hagiography; Monasticism; Religious Life
Paper 1612-b	Somewhere to Stop For the Night: Way-Stations on English Episcopal Itineraries, c.700-c.1300 (Language: English) Julia Steuart Barrow, Institute for Medieval Studies / School of History, University of Leeds / Northern History Index Terms: Charters and Diplomatics; Ecclesiastical History; Economics - Rural
Paper 1612-c	At Home or Abroad: English Episcopal Itineraries as a Measure of 13th-Century Pastoral Concern (Language: English) Philippa Hoskin, Faculty of Divinity, University of Cambridge Index Terms: Charters and Diplomatics; Ecclesiastical History; Religious Life
Abstract	The itineraries of medieval bishops were shaped largely by their estates but also by their pastoral responsibilities. They took their households with them, which meant quartermastering for large numbers over very long distances. The political role of bishops meant that they had to develop routes to royal assembly-places, often by acquiring properties to act as way-stations. In England this process can be observed from the 8th century onwards. In the 13th century really detailed information about episcopal itineraries begins to survive, enabling us to see how 13th-century bishops put into effect new guidelines on pastoral care.