Institute for Medieval Studies
IMC 2014 Session
| Session | 1311 |
| Title | The Clergy in Western Europe, 700-1200, IV: Clergy in the Era after the Gregorian Reform |
| Date/Time | Wednesday 9 July 2014: 16.30-18.00 |
| Organiser | Julia Steuart Barrow, Institute for Medieval Studies / School of History, University of Leeds / Northern History |
| Moderator/Chair | Emilia Jamroziak, Institute for Medieval Studies / School of History, University of Leeds |
| Paper 1311-a | The Importance of the Secular Clergy to Medieval Society: The Example of England, 1066-1216 (Language: English) Hugh M. Thomas, Department of History, University of Miami Index Terms: Ecclesiastical History; Religious Life; Social History |
| Paper 1311-b | 'Utrum clericis liceat proprium habere': The Property of the Clergy in 12th-Century England (Language: English) Maroula Perisanidi, Institute for Medieval Studies, University of Leeds Index Terms: Canon Law; Ecclesiastical History |
| Abstract | In the period after the Gregorian Reform education and legal knowledge became more structured: clergy were deeply involved in this process but were also influenced by it. In this session speakers will look at developments in the activities of the clergy in 12th-century England, beginning with a general overview of their significance and then turning to look at the role of clergy in pastoral care and then at the question of clerical property in canon law. |