Church and parish: a guide for local historians

Useful if dry, guide for local historians in England: emphasis on organisational matters. Church and Parish traces the historic involvement of the Church in local life and its response to changing political and social conditions. It shows how parish churches have been used by the surrounding population; how the buildings have grown and been altered in decoration, furnishings and structure; how the services, liturgy, ritual and atmosphere have been modified at different periods; and how parishioners’ lives have been affected by Church courts, schools, taxes. ASIN: B000ZVXZEW