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The Rise and Fall of the English Ecclesiastical Courts, 15001860 R. B. Outhwaite (University of Cambridge)

The Rise and Fall of the English Ecclesiastical Courts, 15001860 By R. B. Outhwaite (University of Cambridge)

The Rise and Fall of the English Ecclesiastical Courts, 15001860 by R. B. Outhwaite (University of Cambridge)

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This book does what no other does - tracing the history of the growth and then the slow disappearance of an important source of English law and social regulation.

The Rise and Fall of the English Ecclesiastical Courts, 15001860 Summary

The Rise and Fall of the English Ecclesiastical Courts, 15001860 by R. B. Outhwaite (University of Cambridge)

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.

The Rise and Fall of the English Ecclesiastical Courts, 15001860 Reviews

'The virtue of the work under review is its comprehensive nature. It is a general history, summarizing the available evidence from all sources and offering critical commentary on previous historical work. It reads well, is full of valuable information, and will be an essential work of reference to any historian whose work touches on the ecclesiastical courts.' Law and History Review
'a valuable work of reference which researchers amongst ecclesiastical records will need to consult.' Northern History
'This stimulating concise introduction will be essential reading for anybody interested in the history of the church courts.' Journal of Ecclesiastical History

About R. B. Outhwaite (University of Cambridge)

Late Fellow of Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge.

Table of Contents

Abbreviations; Table of parliamentary statutes; 1. The ecclesiastical courts: structures and procedures; 2. The business of the courts, 15001640; 3. Tithe causes; 4. Wills and testamentary causes; 5. Defamation; 6. Matrimonial litigation and marriage licenses; 7. Office causes; 8. The roots of expansion and critical voices; 9. Charting decline, 16401830; 10. Explaining decline; 11. The Bills of 17331734; 12. Snips and repairs: small steps to reform, 17531813; 13. Royal commissions and early fruits, 18151832; 14. Reform frustrated; 15. Reforms thick and fast, 18541860.

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NPB9780521869386
9780521869386
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The Rise and Fall of the English Ecclesiastical Courts, 15001860 by R. B. Outhwaite (University of Cambridge)
R. B. Outhwaite (University of Cambridge)
Cambridge Studies in English Legal History
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Hardback
Cambridge University Press
2007-01-18
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