Product Description: This is the first comprehensive survey of the religious, social and cultural life of late medieval and reformation parishes. This collection introduces the reader to the large number of anthropological, literary, socio-economic and quantitative approaches...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Product Description: No English landscape is complete without its parish church. From Norman tower to Gothic spire, from Cotswold stone to the half-timbered churches of Essex, this guide follows their development from the first churches built on pagan sites to their present decline...read more