Lives of the Archbishops of Canterbury, Vol. 4 (Classic Reprint) - Softcover

Excerpt from Lives of the Archbishops of Canterbury, Vol. 4

Councils - Important regulations. - Foppery of some of the Clergy censured - Misconduct of Archdeacons. - Banns of Marriage - Wakes.

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Excerpt from Lives of the Archbishops of Canterbury, Vol. 4

Misconduct of Archdeacons. - Banns of Marriage. - Wakes. - Monks bad patrons of livings. - Archbishop chief counsellor to Prince Lionel when Regent. - Measures adopted against Papal Provisions and Reservations. - Controversy with the Pope. - Anti-papal Proceedings of the Archbishop. - Good understanding of Clergy and people on subject of provisions. - Modification of the Statute of Mortmain. - Battle of Cressy. - Retreat of Stratford. - Life at Mayfield. - Charities at Stratford-upon-Avon of John, Robert, and Ralph de Stratford. - His Will. - Dies at Mayfield; A Native of Chichester. - Prosperous state of Chichester. - Gilbert de S. Leofard. - John de Langton. - The Prebendary of Wittering. - Richard Bury. - An uncouth student described. - Bradwardine a Merton man. - Distinguished as a student. - Mathematical studies. - The Classical pursuits. - De Causa Dei, edited by Savile. - Celebrity of the De Causa. - Motive of the De Causa. - Prevalent Pelagianism. - Styled Doctor Profundus. - A practical man. - Proctor of the University. - Controversy with the Archdeacon of Oxford. - Neglect of learning. - Admitted to the household of the Bishop of Durham. - Literary society. - Formation of a library by the Bishop. - Bradwardine Chancellor of St. Paul's. - Prebendary of Lincoln. - Kings chaplain. - Goes to Flanders. - Royal progress up the Rhine to Cologne and Coblentz. - Bradwardine Chaplain-General of the forces. - Elected to the See of Canterbury. - Election superseded by the King. - Ufford appointed to Canterbury. - Ufford dies unconsecrated. - Bradwardine elected to the Primacy. - Consecrated at Avignon. - Strange conduct of a Cardinal. - Returns to England. - The Black Death. - Bradwardine dies of the Plague

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