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Book SynopsisComprehensive records of sede vacanteadministration in the province of Canterbury from 1486-1500, including important financial accounts.Among the most important rights of the archbishop of Canterbury wasthe administration of vacant sees upon the death or translation ofa bishop. Morton's register is remarkable for the proportion of itsfolios which are filled by
sede vacantematerial.
Trade ReviewThe records are very detailed and contain a wide array of information useful to historians seeking a more complete picture of the late medieval English church... Recent scholarship has broken with the long-held view that the late medieval English church was hopelessly corrupt. According to Harper-Bill, [veteran editor of ecclesiastical records], Morton's register provides evidence to support the newer, more favorable picture of the ecclesiastical establishment in England on the eve of the Reformation... in the light of the records which he has so capably edited, the argument is compelling. A welcome additions to printed primary sources for historians of the early Tudor church. * SIXTEENTH CENTURY JOURNAL *
Table of ContentsVacancy of the see of Coventry and Lichfield, 1490-91; vacancy of the see of Bath and Wells, 1491-92; vacancy of the see of Winchester, 1492-93; vacancy of the see of Lincoln, 1495; vacancy of the see of Exeter, 1492-93; vacancy of the see of Bath and Wells, 1495; vacancy of the see of Coventry and Lichfield, 1496; vacancy of the see of Rochester, 1496; vacancy of the see of Worcester, 1498; vacancy of the see of Salisbury, 1499-1500.
