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

Inbunden, Engelska, 2007

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Beskrivning

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.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2007-01-18
Mått:145 x 222 x 17 mm
Vikt:412 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Cambridge Studies in English Legal History
Antal sidor:212
Förlag:Cambridge University Press
Medarbetare:RichardH. Helmholz
ISBN:9780521869386

Utforska kategorier

Europas historia inom Historia och arkeologi
Rättssystem inom Juridik

Mer om författaren

Late Fellow of Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge.

Recensioner i media

'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

Innehållsförteckning

Abbreviations; Table of parliamentary statutes; 1. The ecclesiastical courts: structures and procedures; 2. The business of the courts, 1500–1640; 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, 1640–1830; 10. Explaining decline; 11. The Bills of 1733–1734; 12. Snips and repairs: small steps to reform, 1753–1813; 13. Royal commissions and early fruits, 1815–1832; 14. Reform frustrated; 15. Reforms thick and fast, 1854–1860.