English Church Dedications

With a Survey of Cornwall and Devon
Erscheinungsjahr 1996
ISBN: 978-0-85989-516-3
Verlag: University of Exeter Press

Buch, Englisch, 266 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 390 g

Church dedications are as widely used as they are little studied, yet their histories are often obscure and complicated. Frequently forgotten after the Reformation, they were revived on the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries with many guesses and mistakes, resulting in numerous alterations. Church history cannot safely be based on the dedication in use today.

Part One of the book surveys their history in England from roman ties to the present day. Part Two is detailed list of all 800 ancient parish churches and religious houses in Cornwall and Devon. It shows when their dedications first occur, the changes and misunderstandings that have happened, and the dates of parish feast days.

Cornwall is a country of Celtic church dedication, whilst Devon’s resemble this of the rest of England, so the book will be helpful in understanding dedications in both traditions.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Orme, Nicholas

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Religionswissenschaft Allgemein Religionsgeschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Europäische Länder
• Geisteswissenschaften Christentum, Christliche Theologie Christliche Kirchen, Konfessionen, Denominationen Protestantismus, evangelische und protestantische Kirchen Anglikanische und episkopale Kirchen

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction

Part One

English church dedications; the period before 1066

From 1066 to the Reformation

From the Reformation to 1800

Church dedications since 1800

The gazetteer and how to use it.

Part Two

Gazetteer of church dedications

Church dedications in Cornwall

Church dedications in Devon.

Über Autor(innen)

Nicholas Orme is Professor of History in the University of Exeter. He has written widely on religious, educational and social history. He is the leading authority on Church history in the South West of England