Ten Medieval Studies
with Four Appendices

These ten essays cover a range of aspects of the medieval church and modern interpretations of the subject.

G. G. Coulton (Author)

9781108010658, Cambridge University Press

Paperback / softback, published 29 July 2010

318 pages
21.6 x 14 x 1.8 cm, 0.41 kg

This 1930 edition includes essays from both the first and second series of Coulton's Medieval Studies, together with appendices. Although an academic who stressed the importance of using primary sources, Coulton was skilled at making medieval history accessible to a wider audience. He played an important role in encouraging interest in the study of social and economic history of the Middle Ages among younger scholars. These ten essays, all on aspects of religion, were somewhat controversial in their day. Coulton believed that sectarian bias frequently caused a distorted view of history, and he was highly critical of Roman Catholic interpretations of the medieval church. In the appendices he gives a detailed critique of Cardinal Francis Gasquet's historical writings, listing what Coulton regards as errors or deliberate falsifications. Even where Coulton himself appears guilty of bias, his wide knowledge of sources makes his writings still valuable to modern readers.

1. The monastic legend
2. A revivalist of six centuries ago
3. Side-lights on the Franciscans
4. The high ancestry of Puritanism
5. Romanism and morals
6. The truth about the monasteries
7. Religious education before the Reformation
8. Priests and people before the Reformation
9. The failure of the friars
10. The plain man's religion in the middle ages
Appendixes
Index.

Subject Areas: Social & cultural history [HBTB]