Of prelates and princes : a study of the economic and social position of the Tudor episcopate / Felicity Heal.
The Tudor bishops were men of power and influence within the English realm, both because they possessed spiritual authority and because they exercised lordship over great estates. This book examines their activities as temporal lords: it seeks to discover how wealthy they were and to what uses their...
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Cambridge University Press,
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Table of Contents:
- Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; List of figures ; Preface ; Abbreviations ; 1 The bishops and the prelude to Reformation ; I; II; III; 2 Land and social authority before the Reformation ; I; II; III; 3 The revenues of the bishops and the Valor Ecdesiasticus ; I; II. 4 Expenditure and conspicuous consumption 5 Henry VIII and the beginnings of appropriation ; 6 Change and restitution ; I; II; 7 The consequences of the break with Rome: the bishops and society ; I; II; 8 The consequences of the break with Rome: financial problems. 9 The Elizabethan Settlement and its aftermath I; II; 10 The social responsibilities of the Elizabethan bishops ; 11 The resources of the Elizabethan bishops ; I; II; 12 Conclusion ; I; II; Appendixes. I Estimates of the annual rental and spiritual income of episcopal sees in England and Wales,1535-1603 II The number of manors held by English and Welsh bishops, 1500-1603 ; III Charitable bequests and foundations of the English bishops, 1488-1536. IV Demesne lease lengths for eight episcopal sees: Henry VII to the death of Mary Tudor V Leases granted to the crown under the provisions of 1 Elizabeth c. 19; Select bibliography ; Index