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Chichester and its cathedral on the eve of the Reformation

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 October 2002

Spencer Thomas
Spencer Thomas
Affiliation:
Dovedale, 71 Barrack Lane, Aldwick, Bognor Regis, PO21 4DE
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Abstract

Chichester challenges the orthodoxy of urban decline and a decadent church in late medieval England through the proactive role of the Dean and Chapter of the cathedral as landowner and developer; civic-ecclesiastical harmony; an economic and social environment conducive to wealth creation, entrepreneurial activity, investment and real estate management; productive artisans; and social cohesion. Comparisons with other cathedral cities furthers our embryonic understanding of the urban economy in this genre.

Type
Research Article
Information
Urban History , Volume 29 , Issue 2 , August 2002 , pp. 165 - 186
Copyright
© 2002 Cambridge University Press

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