Studies of the history of groups and societies which have sought to fulfil a religious purpose outside or alongside the official churches, from medieval fraternities to the Oxford Group.

Voluntary Religion (Studies in Church History)

History

W J Sheils

World

Ecclesiastical History Society

Studies on Irish Christianity, both within and beyond Ireland, from the Celtic church to the present day.

The Churches, Ireland and the Irish (Studies in Church History)

Links between the Renaissance and the Reformation clarified in studies of features of humanist intellectual reform and the contribution made by northern humanists to the movement for ecclesiastical reform.

Humanism and Reform: The Church in Europe, England and Scotland, 1400-1643 (Studies in Church History: Subsidia)

James Kirk

Studies of Christians and Jews in diverse social contexts, from the ideas of Origen in the third century to American fundamentalist attitudes and the problems of Croatia in the twentieth.

Christianity and Judaism (Studies in Church History)

Diana Wood

What is martyrdom, what are the political and cultural implications of martyr cults, and to what propagandist uses might they be put? Such questions are probed, from the women martyrs of the early church,through the medieval period —the little known martyrs of Anglo-Saxon England and Kievan Russia, as well as Thomas Becket —tothe martyr-saints of the Reformation. Some modern material.

Martyrs and Martyrologies (Studies in Church History)

The medieval Englishman, John of Salisbury, was a philosopher and humanist, theologian and bishop, courtier and diplomat, poet and political thinker. This book provides a reassessment of his life and work. It features 25 papers by international scholars.

The World of John of Salisbury (Studies in Church History: Subsidia)

Michael Wilks

A collection of over 30 essays by a team of international scholars, featuring children in the Church. The contributions range in time from the nativity to the 20th century. In their historical approach they are theological, theoretical, educational, economic, artistic and literary, liturgical and musical. They raise questions such as: when did childhood begin and end? How deep were the bonds of affection binding Christian parents and children at different periods? Was there, indeed, such a thing as childhood, or were children merely little adults? And how should Christian children be educated? The ways children worshipped, and their participation in the liturgy are recurrent themes. Discussion of childrens' musical contributions extends from the 14th-century choristers of Norwich and the Lichfield choristers of the Reformation period, to the 20th-century choirgirls of Salisbury Cathedral.

The Church and Childhood (Studies in Church History, Vol. 31)

Devout northern lay women and men, Puritan earls, godly preachers, heretics, family members, northern bishops and archbishops, priests and monks -all these feature in this collection of original essays on medieval and early modern ecclesiastical life and thought in the north of England, as is appropriate for a volume honouring the work of Claire Cross, who has made such a major contribution to the history of the northern Church. The book covers the great and the good connected in some way with the area, whether northern inhabitants, or those who operated within a wider context: Archbishop Thomas Arundel, for example, whose career is radically reinterpreted; the breadth of Professor Cross's interests is also reflected, from grammar schools and early printed books to episcopal jurisdiction and administration, and the interpretation of archives, especially wills. There are also pieces on other vital aspects of the area: the healing wells and springs, the symbolism surrounding northern bishops and their seals and mitres, and an account of the performance of Corpus Christi plays in the north. Together, the essays offer fresh insights into the northern church through a turbulent period in its history. Contributors: R.B. Dobson, Peter Biller, Rosalind Hill, Diana Wood, Michael Wilks, Anne Hudson, Robert N. Swanson, David Smith, P.J.P. Goldberg, Ann Rycraft, Margaret Aston, Alexandra Walsham, Christopher Webb, David Marcombe, David Loades, Jane E.A. Dawson, David Lamburn, W.J. Sheils, Christine M. Newman, Rosemary O'Day, David Scott, Anne Laurence, Susan Hardmann Moore, William Coster, Stuart Mews, David M. Thompson

Life and Thought in the Northern Church, C1100-C1700: Essays in Honour of Claire Cross (STUDIES IN CHURCH HISTORY SUBSIDIA)

The main subjects of enquiry in this volume focus upon the major areas in which the honorand, Gordon Leff, has himself made fundamental contributions. Among the topics discussed are learned and popular heresy (Cathars, Wyclif, Lollardy, and the concept of heresy itself); the history of medieval universities and thought (including the religious at Paris and Cambridge, Ockham, and Paris theologians' views on the Jews); and early modern views of the crusades. The book is completed with a bibliography of works by Gordon Leff.Dr PETER BILLER is Senior Lecturer at the University of York; Professor BARRIE DOBSONis at Christ's College, Cambridge.

The Medieval Church: Universities, Heresy, and the Religious Life : Essays in Honour of Gordon Leff (STUDIES IN CHURCH HISTORY SUBSIDIA)

Worship is at the heart of the Christian tradition, its history marked by both continuity and change, by stability and upheaval. Its centrality to Christian experience, particularly as codified in liturgy, makes it a focal point of conflict: it can be manipulated to recreate the past, or to establish new forms supposedly more in tune with contemporary needs and perceptions. Liturgical traditions contribute to an individual Christian's identity, particularly since the sixteenth century and the proliferation of denominations with their own forms of worship. This collection addresses aspects of the many issues raised by the evolution of worship in Christian history, from the first to the twentieth century and moving from Christianity's ancient heartlands to the missionary stations of Uganda and Rwanda. While texts and actions are central to liturgical practice, and are considered in detail, these essays show the need to set worship in context, and to appreciate historical and contemporary forces working within the Church to support continuity and to stimulate change.Dr R.N. SWANSONteaches in the Department of Medieval History at the University of Birmingham.

Continuity and Change in Christian Worship: Papers Read at the 1997 Summer Meeting and the 1998 Winter Meeting of the Ecclesiastical History Society (Studies in Church History)

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