The Episcopal Visitation
Its Limits and Limitations in Elizabethan London
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 10078237 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Gareth Owen (0000-0002-5166-9332, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1960 |
| Volume | 11 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 179-185 |
| Publication date | 1960-10-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Journal of Ecclesiastical History (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0022-0469 • E-ISSN: 1469-7637 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s002204690006677x |
| OpenAlex | W2157683751 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 1 |
The efficiency of the visitatorial machinery of the Elizabethan Church has long been a subject of speculation among ecclesiastical historians. The establishment of a permanent High Commission court suggested to Professor Usher the failure of the existing system. B. L. Woodcock, on the other hand, compared it favourably with what he called the ‘comparative insignificance’ of late-medieval visitations. Professor Kennedy, a specialist in episcopal articles and injunctions, concluded that ‘... visitations were carried out with something approaching efficiency’. These varying assessments can be tested by regional studies of the actual operations of diocesan visitations. Sufficient material appertaining to the London area survives to allow an examination of the system in the light of various tests of efficiency
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| Citations per year | 0.04 |
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| Citation span | 1971 - 1976 (6) |
| Highly cited | No |