Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. List of illustrations ix
4. Acknowledgements xi
5. Abbreviations xiv
6. Notes xvi
7. Maps xviii
8. Part I. For the increase of the divine service
9. Introduction 1
10. 1 ‘God is in none land so well served’: Placing the late medieval English parish 5
11. Part II. All Saints’, Bristol, and its parishioners
12. Introduction 57
13. 2 ‘To be showed and declared’: Circumstances and sources 59
14. 3 ‘According to the usage there’: Reading testamentary evidence 83
15. 4 ‘Since his decease’: The widows’ might 119
16. 5 ‘God amend them’: The parish wronged 163
17. Part III. Commemorating the dead
18. Introduction 191
19. 6 ‘In possession for the profit of the church’: Securing commemoration in the parish 193
20. 7 ‘For all future time’: The Halleways’ Chantry 223
21. Part IV. Leaders and administrators
22. Introduction 259
23. 8 ‘He procured, moved and stirred’: Clergy as mentors 261
24. 9 ‘Well willed men’: Leaders, managers and parishioners 282
25. Part V. Ordering the parish
26. Introduction 329
27. 10 ‘Was but single and no thing of beauty’: Enhancing the parish church 331
28. 11 ‘To the laud and the loving of Almighty God’: Increasing divine service in All Saints’ 383
29. Conclusion ‘What else, I ask you, is a city than a great monastery?’ 413
30. Appendices 425
31. Bibliography 431
32. Glossary 446
33. Index 453