The Black Death and Pastoral Leadership: The Diocese of Hereford in the Fourteenth Century

This book is a volume in the Penn Press Anniversary Collection. To mark its 125th anniversary in 2015, the University of Pennsylvania Press rereleased more than 1,100 titles from Penn Press's distinguished backlist from 1899-1999 that had fallen out of print. Spanning an entire century, the Anniversary Collection offers peer-reviewed scholarship in a wide range of subject areas.

Frontmatter --; Contents --; List of Figures and Tables --; Preface --; Abbreviations --; Introduction --; 1. The Diocese of Hereford in the Fourteenth Century --; 2. The Black Death in Hereford --; 3. Diocesan and Parochial Administration After the Black Death --; 4. Clerical Recruitment and Pastoral Provision --; 5. Hereford Parish Clergy at the Century's End --; Conclusion --; Appendix: Statistics and Their Sources --; Notes --; Bibliography --; Index