The rise and fall of the English ecclesiastical courts, 1500 - 1860

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Outhwaite, R. B. (Author)
Format: Print Book
Language:English
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Published: Cambridge [u.a.] Cambridge Univ. Press 2006
In:Year: 2006
Edition:1. publ.
Series/Journal:Cambridge studies in English legal history
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Great Britain / Anglican Church / Church judicial system / History 1500-1860
Further subjects:B Ecclesiastical Courts England History
B Ecclesiastical Courts (England) History
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Parallel Edition:Electronic
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Item Description:Includes bibliographical references (p. 174-185) and index
Formerly CIP
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
ISBN:0521869382