The rise and fall of the English ecclesiastical courts, 1500-1860
Outhwaite, R. B.
The rise and fall of the English ecclesiastical courts, 1500-1860 [electronic resource] / R. B. Outhwaite. - Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2006. - xv, 195 p. ; 23 cm. - Cambridge studies in English legal history .
Includes bibliographical references (p. 174-185) and index.
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.
Electronic reproduction.
Boulder, Colo. :
NetLibrary,
2007.
Available via World Wide Web.
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9780511270376 (electronic bk.) 0511270372 (electronic bk.)
Ecclesiastical courts--History.--England
Electronic books.
KD8643 / .O93 2006eb
262.90942
The rise and fall of the English ecclesiastical courts, 1500-1860 [electronic resource] / R. B. Outhwaite. - Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2006. - xv, 195 p. ; 23 cm. - Cambridge studies in English legal history .
Includes bibliographical references (p. 174-185) and index.
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.
Electronic reproduction.
Boulder, Colo. :
NetLibrary,
2007.
Available via World Wide Web.
Access may be limited to NetLibrary affiliated libraries.
9780511270376 (electronic bk.) 0511270372 (electronic bk.)
Ecclesiastical courts--History.--England
Electronic books.
KD8643 / .O93 2006eb
262.90942
