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The rise and fall of the English ecclesiastical courts, 1500-1860 [electronic resource] / R. B. Outhwaite.

By: Contributor(s): Series: Cambridge studies in English legal historyPublication details: Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2006.Description: xv, 195 p. ; 23 cmISBN:
  • 9780511270376 (electronic bk.)
  • 0511270372 (electronic bk.)
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: No titleDDC classification:
  • 262.90942 22
LOC classification:
  • KD8643 .O93 2006eb
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Contents:
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.
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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.

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