The Medieval Church · c. 1217–1219
The Statutes of Salisbury
Richard Poore · d. 1237
What it is
Diocesan statutes applying the Fourth Lateran reforms in England: what a parish priest must know, how to hear confessions, and what must be kept in a parish church.
Why it lasted
The model for diocesan legislation across England and much of Europe, and the mechanism by which a general council reached actual parishes.
Where to read it
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