TY  - BOOK
AU  - Palmer,Robert C.
TI  - Selling the church: the English parish in law, commerce, and religion, 1350-1550 
T2  - Studies in legal history
SN  - 0807861391
AV  - KD8700 .P35 2002eb
U1  - 274.2/05 21
PY  - 2002///]
CY  - Chapel Hill, London
PB  - The University of North Carolina Press
KW  - Church and state
KW  - England
KW  - History
KW  - Parishes
KW  - Leases
KW  - Benefices, Ecclesiastical
KW  - Reformation
KW  - RELIGION
KW  - Christianity
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - fast
KW  - Kirche
KW  - gnd
KW  - Grundeigentum
KW  - Gemeinde
KW  - Pacht
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - 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; Electronic reproduction; [S.l.]; HathiTrust Digital Library; 2010
N2  - 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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