Pastoral care before the parish
By: edited by John Blair and Richard Sharpe.
Contributors: Blair, John, 1955-; Sharpe, Richard, 1954-
Series: Studies in the early history of Britain
Publisher: Leicester University Press
Published: 1992
Place of publication: Leicester; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 298
Subjects: Pastoral theology -- Great Britain -- History.; Great Britain -- Church history -- To 449.; Great Britain -- Church history -- 449-1066.
Description: This book examines the pastoral and sacramental work of the early medieval church in the British Isles. It provides a synthesis of recent scholarship which has uncovered new evidence about the organisation and structure of the early church and the close relations between monks and clergy and between the 'Roman' and 'Celtic' churches.

It shows how theological ideals were translated into pastoral work and demonstrates the short comings of the 'national church' approach to the history of early British and Irish Christianity. It will become the foundation for most future work on this central field of early medieval history.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Church and diocese in the West Midlands / Steven Bassett; title: Pastoral care in early medieval Wales / Huw Pryce; title: The pastoral role of the Church in the early Irish laws / Thomas Charles-Edwards; title: Churches and commmunities in early medieval Ireland / Richard Sharpe; title: Early Christian religious houses in Scotland / Alan MacQuarrie; title: Monks, preaching, and pastoral care in early Anglo-Saxon England / Alan Thacker; title: "By water in the Spirit" / Sarah Foot; title: Pastoral care and conciliar canons / Catherine Cubitt; title: Anglo-Saxon minsters / Sarah Foot; title: Anglo-Saxon minsters / John Blair; title: The cure of souls in English towns before 1000 / Gervase Rosser.