Selling the church :

Palmer, Robert C., 1947-

Selling the church : the English parish in law, commerce, and religion, 1350-1550 / English parish in law, commerce, and religion, 1350-1550 Robert C. Palmer. - 1 online resource (330 pages) : illustrations. - Studies in legal history . - Studies in legal history. .

Includes bibliographical references (pages 313-317) and index.

Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. The Parish as a Governed Community; 2. The Parish as a Commercial Entity; 3. The Common Law and the Mundane Church; 4. Parish Leases: The Practice; 5. Parish Leases: Conflicts and Consequences; 6. Reforming the Parish by Statute; 7. Enforcing the Statutes of 1529; 8. The Dissolution of the Religious Houses; 9. Conceiving the Reformation; Appendix 1: Bailiff Style of Parish Manager; Appendix 2: Incidence of Nonparish Leaseholds in Common Pleas; Appendix 3: Parish Leases from the Plea Rolls; Appendix 4: Enforcement Suits under the Statutes of 1529.

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In the years after the Black Death, English law allowed the leasing of parishes to the laity. However, statutes introduced between 1529 and 1540 reduced such clerical absenteeism. This text argues that this transformation of the English parish was an important part of the English Reformation.


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Geschichte 1350-1500


Church and state--History.--England
Parishes--History.--England
Leases--History.--England
Benefices, Ecclesiastical--History.--England
Reformation--England.
RELIGION--Christianity--History.
Benefices, Ecclesiastical.
Church and state.
Leases.
Parishes.
Reformation.
Kirche
Grundeigentum
Gemeinde
Pacht


England.
England


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