Perpetual Chantries in Britain |
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| Author:
| Wood-Legh, K. L. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-521-08957-9 |
| Publication Date: | Dec 2008 |
| Publisher: | Cambridge University Press
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | AUD $73.95 |
Book Description:
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This book is based on the Birkbeck Lectures for 1954-55, and on further researches into perpetual chantries in England and Scotland. 'Chantry' originally meant any service provided by a private chaplain, though from the middle of the fourteenth century the term was restricted to the provision of daily and weekly masses and other services for a private intention, usually the repose of the souls of particular people.
This book is based on the Birkbeck Lectures for 1954-55, and on further researches into perpetual chantries in England and Scotland. 'Chantry' originally meant any service provided by a private chaplain, though from the middle of the fourteenth century the term was restricted to the provision of daily and weekly masses and other services for a private intention, usually the repose of the souls of particular people.