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

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.

Author: R. B. Outhwaite
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 11/01/2006
Pages: 212
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 0.91lbs
Size: 8.76h x 6.44w x 0.72d
ISBN: 9780521869386

About the Author
Outhwaite, R. B.: - Late Fellow of Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge.Outhwaite, R. B.: - Late Fellow of Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge.

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