Medieval Church Councils in Scotland

by Watt, Donald

• ISBN13: 9780567087317
• ISBN10: 056708731X
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2000-11-21
• Publisher: Bloomsbury T & T Clark

Summary

Unique to the kingdoms of western Christendom, the Scottish bishops obtained authority in 1225 to hold interdiocesan meetings without a supervisory archbishop, and continued to meet in this way for nearly 250 years. Watt provides an authoritative study of these church councils from the Latin and English records based on original sources, and brings discussion of the councils and their significance into the broader context of Scotland's political, legal, ecclesiastical, and social situation.

Table of Contents

Preface	vii
Abbreviations	ix
Early evidence of church councils in Scotland to c. 1100	1	(8)
Legatine councils 1125--1192	9	(22)
Interim arrangements 1192--1225	31	(12)
Establishment of the Scottish provincial council 1225--1239	43	(12)
Diocesan and provincial statutes of the mid-thirteenth century	55	(24)
Membership and organisation of the provincial council	79	(8)
Developments 1239--1296	87	(16)
The reign of Robert I 1306--1329	103	(16)
Provincial councils and the Three Estates 1329--1424	119	(32)
Last years of the traditional arrangements 1424--1472	151	(16)
Epilogue	167	(6)
Index of Persons and Places	173