Profession, Vocation and Culture in Later Mediaeval England (E. Allison Peers Lectures)

Dust jacket complete, unclipped. Original cloth boards with bright gilt titling on spine. No ownership marks. Frontis plates. 247 pages clean and tight. This volume provides an analysis of the patronage of culture by the merchant class, by the episcopate, and by professional groups such as the civil lawyers, in fourteenth- and fifteenth-century England. Culture itself is deemed to be those civilizing influences that comprise the visual arts, literature, education, and religion. Each group is defined and detailed information is provided for individuals within it to serve as illustrative examples. As well as illuminating a group's particular contribution to culture, a new light is thrown on the professions themselves and on religious vocation in the period. Size: 8vo.