A Complete Catholic Directory, Almanack and Registry, Vol. 2, 1837

This is the second volume of this series, which continued annual publication for much of the nineteenth century. This volume contains a complete registry of all Church officials, and ...     ISBN 1-84630-022-3

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A Complete Catholic Registry, Directory, and Almanack, Vol. 1, 1836

This is the first volume of this series, which continued annual publication for much of the nineteenth century. This volume contains a complete registry of all Church officials, and ...     ISBN 1-84630-015-0

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Cli D in Ireland

The Cli D [`clients of God'], sometimes referred to as the Culdees, comprise the group of monks who first appeared in Ireland in the eighth century in association with St Mel Ruain of Tallaght. Although influential and important in the development of the monastic tradition in Ireland, they have been neglected in general histories. This book offers an investigation into the movement. Proceeding from an examination of ascetic practice and theory in early medieval Ireland, followed by a fresh look at the evidence most often cited in support of the prevailing theory of Cli D identity, the author challenges the orthodox opinion that they were an order or movement intent uponmonastic reform at a time of declining religious discipline. At the heart of the book is a manuscript-centred critical evaluation of the large corpus of putative Cli D texts, offered as a means for establishing a more comprehensive assessment of who and what Cli D were. Dr Follett argues that they are properly understood as the self-identified members of the personal retinue of God, in whose service they distinguished themselves from other monks and monastic communities in their personal devotion, pastoral care, Sunday observance, and other matters. A catalogue of Cli D texts with manuscript references is provided in an appendix.
WESTLEY FOLLETT is the LeConte Teaching Fellow in Medieval History at the University of Georgia.   hardback   ISBN 978-1-843-83276-8

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Dictionary of Celtic Religion and Culture

The definitive reference work on this topic. `[The author takes] the Celtic world to include both the European continent and the more recent settlements in the British Isles. The entries, admirably broad in scope, conceive religion and culture as including not only the usual gods and myths but shamanic practices and totems. Maier also provides entries for important scholars of Celtic culture.' CHOICE   paperback   ISBN 978-0-851-15660-6

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Index to the Act or Grant Books, and to Original Wills, of the Diocese of Dublin 1634-1858

Containing upwards of 125,000 entries, and even more names, presents researchers with a unique opportunity to trace information in sources which are now lost.     ISBN 1-84630-113-0

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Records of Convocation [Ireland set]

Largely unpublished hitherto, the materials contained in The Records of Convocation have been drawn from a variety of sources. They make available, for the first time, the fullest possible account of the convocations which stood at the very heart of the nation's life throughout most of the medieval and early modern period. The Records of Convocation contain the minutes of clergy synods, the legislation passed by them tax assessments imposed by the king onthe clergy, and accounts of the great debates about religious reformation and reform. This series makes available in print for the first time the records of the convocation of the Church of Ireland, covering the period from 1101, when the first reforming synod in Ireland is recorded, to its disestablishment in 1869. These three volumes include a modern edition of the Irish Nova taxation of 1291 and of the Irish Valor ecclesiasticus, complied between 1538 and 1630.     ISBN 978-1-843-83187-7

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Records of Convocation XVI: Ireland, 1101-1690

The convocation records of the Churches of England and Ireland are the principal source of our information about the administration of those churches from middle ages until modern times. They contain the minutes of clergy synods,the legislation passed by them, tax assessments imposed by the king on the clergy, and accounts of the great debates about religious reformation; they also include records of heresy trials in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries,many of them connected with the spread of Lollardy. However, they have never before been edited or published in full, and their publication as a complete set of documents provides a valuable resource for scholarship. This volume contains the texts of and evidence for all the Irish reforming synods from the twelfth century onwards, collated with parliamentary legislation from the same period. The peculiar nature of the Irish convocation as it developed from the time of Edward I onwards is charted in detail, and supplemented by what is known of contemporary provincial and diocesan synods. Much previously unpublished material, taken from the Armagh registers, from the survivingacts of the seventeenth century convocations and from a number of other scattered sources, is also made available.   hardback   ISBN 978-1-843-83232-4

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Records of Convocation XVIII: Ireland, 1690-1869, Part 2

The convocation records of the Churches of England and Ireland are the principal source of our information about the administration of those churches from middle ages until modern times. They contain the minutes of clergy synods,the legislation passed by them, tax assessments imposed by the king on the clergy, and accounts of the great debates about religious reformation; they also include records of heresy trials in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries,many of them connected with the spread of Lollardy. However, they have never before been edited or published in full, and their publication as a complete set of documents provides a valuable resource for scholarship. This volume contains the [incomplete] acts of the lower house of convocation in the reign of Queen Anne, as well as all the material dealing with the institution's survival after 1713. Of particular interest are the correspondence surrounding the act of union in 1800 and the political manoeuverings leading up to disestablishment in the 1860s. The volume also contains extensive appendixes, including the Nova taxatio of Pope Nicholas IV for Ireland, the Valor ecclesiasticus of Henry VIII and the surviving evidence of Irish clerical taxation from the middle ages to the late seventeenth century.   hardback   ISBN 978-1-843-83234-8

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Records of Convocation XX: Index

The convocation records of the Churches of England and Ireland are the principal source of our information about the administration of those churches from middle ages until modern times. They contain the minutes of clergy synods,the legislation passed by them, tax assessments imposed by the king on the clergy, and accounts of the great debates about religious reformation; they also include records of heresy trials in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries,many of them connected with the spread of Lollardy. However, they have never before been edited or published in full, and their publication as a complete set of documents provides a valuable resource for scholarship. This volume contains a composite index of source material, references to the Bible, canon law, parliamentary statutes et cetera, and of the subjects discussed and on which legislation has been enacted over the centuries. There is also a complete concordance to David Wilkins' Concilia Magnae Britanniae et Hiberniae, much of which has now been replaced by this collection of records.   hardback   ISBN 978-1-843-83243-0

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The Huguenots - Their Settlements, Churches and Industries In England & Ireland

The story of those who escaped persecution in Europe. The first migration took place in the latter half of the 16th century and consisted partly of French, but mainly of Flemish Protestants; and the second, towards the end of the 17th century, consisted almost entirely of French Huguenots. An excellent account of the causes and effects of these migrations into England and Ireland.    

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The Register of Derry Cathedral 1642-1703

Almost 450 pages recording over 12,000 baptisms, marriages and burials for the parish of Templemore (including Derry city) between 1642 and 1703. Extremely useful source for any researchers interested in the development of Derry city, the development of parish registration or regional demographic history during the latter half of the seventeenth century. Fully searchable.     ISBN 1-84630-086-X

Price:  £16.90