TY - BOOK AU - Outhwaite,R.B. ED - NetLibrary, Inc. TI - The rise and fall of the English ecclesiastical courts, 1500-1860 SN - 9780511270376 (electronic bk.) AV - KD8643 .O93 2006eb U1 - 262.90942 22 PY - 2006/// CY - Cambridge, UK, New York PB - Cambridge University Press KW - Ecclesiastical courts KW - England KW - History KW - Electronic books KW - local N1 - 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 UR - http://www.netLibrary.com/urlapi.asp?action=summary&v=1&bookid=185866 ER -