Landscape of Pastoral Care in 13th-Century England

The thirteenth century was a crucial period of reform in the English church, during which the church''s renewal initiatives transformed the laity. The vibrant lay religious culture of late-medieval England cannot be understood without considering the re-invigorated pastoral care that developed between 1200 and 1300. Even before Innocent III called the Fourth Lateran Council of 1215, reform-minded ...