The rise and fall of the English ecclesiastical courts, 1500-1860 - Outhwaite, R. B.; NetLibrary, Inc. (Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2006)
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.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 174-185) and index.
Electronic reproduction.
Keywords: Ecclesiastical courts -- England -- History; Electronic books