  | CHAPTER I. | | OUR HEATHEN FOREFATHERS. | | The land only partially reclaimed, 1—The Anglo-Saxon conquest, 2—Civil constitution, 4—Religion, 7—Structural temples, 8—Priests, 11. | | | CHAPTER II. | | THE CONVERSION OF THE ENGLISH. | | Conversion of the heptarchic kingdoms, 14—Its method, 16—Illustrations from the history of Jutland, Norway, etc., 17—The cathedral centres, 20—Details of mission work, 21—Mission stations, 24. | | | CHAPTER III. | | THE MONASTIC PHASE OF THE CHURCH. | | Multiplication of monasteries, 28: in Kent, 29; Northumbria, 29; East Anglia, 31; Wessex, 31; Mercia, 31—List of other Saxon monasteries, 33—Constitution of the religious houses, 35—Their destruction by the Danes, 37—Rebuilding in the reigns of Edgar and Canute, 37. | | | CHAPTER IV. | | DIOCESAN AND PAROCHIAL ORGANIZATION. | | Character of the new converts, 38—Coming of Archbishop Theodore, 40—Union of the Heptarchic Churches, 41—Subdivision of dioceses, 41—Introduction of the parochial system, 43—Northumbria made a second province, 49—Multiplication of parishes, 50—Different classes of churches, 53—Number of parishes at the Norman Conquest, 54. | | | CHAPTER V. | | THE SAXON CLERGY. | | Laws of the heptarchic kingdoms: of Ethelbert, 57; of Ine, 57; of Wihtred, 57—Council of Clovesho (747), 60—Laws of Alfred, 65; of Athelstan, 66—Canons of Edgar, 66—Laws of Ethelred, 72—Canons of Elfric, 74—Privilege of sanctuary, 75—Tithe and other payments, 78—Observance of Sunday and holy days, 79—Slavery, 81—Manumission, 81. | | | CHAPTER VI. | | THE NORMAN CONQUEST. | | Foreign bishops and abbots introduced, 84—Parochial clergy undisturbed, 85—Papal supremacy, 85—Separation of civil and ecclesiastical Courts, 86—Norman cathedrals and churches, 87—Revival of monasticism, 335—Monastic cathedral, 336—Archdeacons, 337—Synods and visitations, 337—Lincoln Cathedral, 338—Bishop’s palace, 339—The close, 340—Residentiary houses, 341—Vicars’ court, 341—Chantries, 342—Chapter house, 342—Common room, 344—The first dean and canons, 343—Revenues of the bishop, 344; of the dean and dignitaries, 345; of the prebendaries, 350; of the archdeacons, 353; of the vicars choral, 354; of the chantry priests, 355; of the choristers, 356—Lay officers, 356—Chichester Cathedral, 359—Revenues of bishop, dean, dignitaries, prebendaries, archdeacons, and vicars choral, 360-362—Prince bishops, 363. | | | CHAPTER XXIV. | | MONKS AND FRIARS. | | Character of the monks, 365—Place of the monasteries in social life, 366—Influence upon the parishes, 369—Friars, their origin; organization, 370—Work, 373—Rivalry with parish clergy, 374—Character, 377—Faults of the system, 378. | | | CHAPTER XXV. | | THE “TAXATIO” OF POPE NICHOLAS IV. | | Origin of firstfruits and tenths, 380—Taxation of a specimen deanery, 381—Number of parishes, 384—Value of parochial benefices, 386—Number of clergy, 389. | | | CHAPTER XXVI. | | THE “VALOR ECCLESIASTICUS” OF HENRY VIII. | | Number of parishes, 394—Income, 395—Sources of income, 397—Comparative value of money in 1292, 1534, and 1890, 404—Economical status of parochial clergy, 406. | | | CHAPTER XXVII. | | DOMESTIC CHAPELS. | | Early existence, 408—Saxon, 409—Norman, 409—Edwardian, 410—Later, 411. | | | CHAPTER XXVIII. | | THE CHANTRY. | Characteristic work of the centuries, 438—Definition of a chantry, 438—“Brotherhood” of the religious houses, 439—A chantry a kind of monument, 441—Began in thirteenth century, 442—Their distribution over the country,
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