02101nam a2200397Ia 4500 ocn155203350 OCoLC 20200709055135.0 m d cr cnu---unuuu 070713s2006 enk sb 001 0 eng d N$T N$T 9780511270376 (electronic bk.) 0511270372 (electronic bk.) (OCoLC)155203350 185866 (N$T) e-uk-en KD8643 .O93 2006eb 262.90942 22 N$TA 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. Access may be limited to NetLibrary affiliated libraries. Ecclesiastical courts England History. Electronic books. local NetLibrary, Inc. Original 0521869382 9780521869386 (DLC) 2007273235 (OCoLC)71347590 Bibliographic record display http://www.netLibrary.com/urlapi.asp?action=summary&v=1&bookid=185866 An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click for information cpp2428 02 N$T 49091 49091