Rise and Fall of the English Ecclesiastical Courts, 1500-1860

Name: Rise and Fall of the English Ecclesiastical Courts, 1500-1860
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ISBN: 9780521869386

ISBN-10: 0521869382

ISBN-13: 9780521869386

Edition: 2006

Authors: Richard B. Outhwaite, Richard H. Helmholz, John H. Baker

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A full history of ecclesiastical jurisdiction in England, this book covers the period up to the removal of principal subjects inherited from the Middle Ages. It examines probate, marriage and divorce, tithes, and defamation, as well as looking at disciplinary prosecutions involving the laity.

Book details

List price: $154.99
Copyright year: 2006
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication date: 1/18/2007
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 212
Size: 5.50" wide x 8.50" long x 0.50" tall
Weight: 0.880
Language: English



Foreword



Preface


Table of parliamentary statutes


List of abbreviations



The ecclesiastical courts: structures and procedures



The business of the courts, 1500-1640



Tithe causes



Wills and testamentary causes



Defamation suits



Marital suits and marriage licences



Office causes



The roots of expansion and critical voices



Charting decline, 1640-1830



Explaining decline



The bills of 1733-1734



Snips and repairs: small steps to reform, 1753-1813



Royal commissions and early fruits, 1815-1832



Reform frustrated



Reforms thick and fast, 1854-1860


Select bibliography


Index