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Reconstructing Clerical Careers: The Experience of the Clergy of the Church of England Database

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 October 2004

ARTHUR BURNS ,
KENNETH FINCHAM  and
STEPHEN TAYLOR
STEPHEN TAYLOR
Affiliation:
Dr Stephen Taylor, Department of History, University of Reading, Whiteknights, PO Box 218, Reading RG6 6AA; e-mail: S.J.C.Taylor@reading.ac.uk
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Abstract

The Clergy of the Church of England Database, a project funded by the AHRB, began work in 1999 with the aim of constructing a relational database covering all clerical careers in the Church of England between 1540 and 1835. This article outlines the methodology and scope of the project before discussing some of the intellectual problems posed by the task of constructing a database that reflects the complexities of an irrational, pre-bureaucratic organisation. It also offers an insight into the potential of the completed database as a tool for investigating the largest profession of the early modern period.

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Communication
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The Journal of Ecclesiastical History , Volume 55 , Issue 4 , October 2004 , pp. 726 - 737
Copyright
© 2004 Cambridge University Press

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Footnotes

Versions of this paper have been given at seminars and conferences at Edinburgh, the German Historical Institute in London, Lampeter, Oxford and Cumberland Lodge. We are grateful to the organisers of these events for their invitations to speak and to the participants for their many valuable comments and observations.