The rise and fall of the English ecclesiastical courts, 1500-1860 / R. B. Outhwaite.
2006
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The rise and fall of the English ecclesiastical courts, 1500-1860 / R. B. Outhwaite.
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Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2006.
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1 online resource (xv, 195 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).
Series
Cambridge studies in English legal history.
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The ecclesiastical courts : structures and procedures
The business of the courts, 1500-1640
Tithe causes
Wills and testamentary causes
Defamation suits
Matrimonial suits and marriage licenses
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.
The business of the courts, 1500-1640
Tithe causes
Wills and testamentary causes
Defamation suits
Matrimonial suits and marriage licenses
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.
Summary
The first history of ecclesiastical jurisdiction in England that covers the period up to the removal of principal subjects inherited from the Middle Ages. Probate, marriage and divorce, tithes, defamation, and disciplinary prosecutions involving the laity are all covered. All disappeared from the church's courts during the mid-nineteenth century, and were taken over by the royal courts. The book traces the steps and reasons - large and small - by which this occurred.
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Cambridge Core.
Language
English
ISBN
9780511585807 ebook
9780521869386 (hardback)
9780521869386 (hardback)
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