The rise and fall of the English ecclesiastical courts, 1500-1860
By: R. B. Outhwaite.
Series: Cambridge studies in English legal history
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Cambridge, UK; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 195
ISBN-13: 9780521869386
Subjects: Ecclesiastical courts -- England -- History
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 174-185) and index.
Table of contents: title: The ecclesiastical courts : structures and procedures; title: The business of the courts, 1500-1640; title: Tithe causes; title: Wills and testamentary causes; title: Defamation suits; title: Matrimonial suits and marriage licenses; title: Office causes; title: The roots of expansion and critical voices; title: Charting decline, 1640-1830; title: Explaining decline; title: The bills of 1733-1734; title: Snips and repairs : small steps to reform, 1753-1813; title: Royal commissions and early fruits, 1815-1832; title: Reform frustrated; title: Reforms thick and fast, 1854-1860.