Runaway Religious in Medieval England, C.1240 1540
Logan, F. Donald / F. Donald, Logan / Mckitterick, Rosamond![Runaway Religious in Medieval England, C.1240 1540](https://support.digitalhusky.com/media/annotations/sorted/980/9807230/CHSBZCOP039807230.jpg)
The 'runaway religious' were monks, canons and friars who had taken vows of religion and who, with benefit of neither permission nor dispensation, fled their monasteries and returned to a life in the world, usually replacing the religious habit with lay clothes. No legal exit for the discontented was permitted - religious vows were like marriage vows in this respect - until the financial crisis caused by the Great Schism created a market in di...