Seculiere Geestelijken in Het 17de-Eeuwse Bisdom Gent: Een Prosopografie: Secular clergy in the diocese of Ghent in the 17th century: a prosopography.

Deals with the recruitment and career of the secular clergy in the 17th-century bishopric of Ghent. The methodology of a computerized prosopography is sketched and the main research results are given. In the 17th century, the recruitment of priests took place mainly in the towns; however, from the y...

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Main Author: Broecke, Steven vanden (Author)
Format: Electronic/Print Article
Language:English
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Published: Amsterdam University Press 1994
In: Trajecta
Year: 1994, Volume: 3, Issue: 3, Pages: 193-208
Further subjects:B Clergy (secular)
B Belgium (Ghent diocese)
B Prosopography
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Summary:Deals with the recruitment and career of the secular clergy in the 17th-century bishopric of Ghent. The methodology of a computerized prosopography is sketched and the main research results are given. In the 17th century, the recruitment of priests took place mainly in the towns; however, from the years 1670 to 1685 this urban predominance was affected by a process of growing rural recruitment, especially in the wealthy agricultural areas in the east of the diocese. In addition, church authorities played a role in the recruitment, as seen in the reopening of the episcopal 'theologicum' in 1678. Almost half of these priests were eventually to function in the spiritual care of their dioceses. Their situations and careers were determined to an important extent by the general economic, religious, and political situation. Especially as a result of the breakthrough of the secular clergy, the self-sufficiency of the bishopric, which was to a large extent dependent on priests from local bishoprics, grew after the years 1650-60.
ISSN:0778-8304
Contains:Enthalten in: Trajecta