CHAPTER I

THE HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENT OF THE PARISH CHURCH

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1. Early parish churches in England 1

2. The monastic missionary settlements: church-building on private estates 3

3. The Danish invasions and the monastic revival 5

4. German influence on pre-Conquest architecture 6

5. Influence of the Normans on the architecture of parish churches 7

6. The parish church at the Norman conquest 10

7. Appropriation of churches to monasteries: ordination of vicarages 11

8. Relation of monastic owners to the fabrics of churches 13

9. The builders of medieval parish churches 15

10. The parish church and its rectors 17

11. Disadvantages of pluralism and litigation 18

12. Growth of the chantry system 20

13. Chantry chapels at Beckingham, Lincolnshire 21

14. Summary 22