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Children, the Liturgy, and the Reformation: the Evidence of the Lichfield Cathedral Choristers

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 March 2016

T. N. Cooper
T. N. Cooper*
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University of Sheffield
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The great interest generated by the theme of this year’s conference reflects the central importance of children in the history of the Christian Church, yet at the same time their omission from much of historical writing. For all but the recent past this is largely the result of the difficulties with the source material itself, and this is certainly true for historians of the Church during the medieval and Reformation periods. The main concern of the administrative records of the Catholic Church was with adults and, in particular, ordained men. It is to the schools that we must look for the most useful references to children and, more specifically, to the choir schools for evidence of the role of boys in the liturgy.

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Research Article
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Studies in Church History , Volume 31: The Church and Childhood , 1994 , pp. 261 - 274
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Copyright © Ecclesiastical History Society 1994

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