Sin & Society In the Seventeenth Century
By: John Addy
Series: Routledge Revivals; Routledge revivals
Publisher: Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group
Published: 2013
Place of publication: London; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 388
ISBN-13: 9781134580811; 9781306134323
Subjects: History; Moral conditions; Church history; Conditions morales; Histoire religieuse; RELIGION; Christianity; Anglican; Church of England. Diocese of Chester; Church of England
Description: This study, first published in 1989, examines the social relationships and moral standards within the diocese of Chester throughout the seventeenth century. Using Church Court records as his main body of evidence, John Addy examines over 10 000 cases of moral offences, including fornication, brawling in church, drunkenness, adultery and concubinage, to form a picture of the moral conduct of the Stuart laity and clergy. One of the main methods by which the Church attempted to enforce strict moral standards, the records arising from the ecclesiastical courts reveal that those codes of conduct.
Table of contents: title: Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Original Title Page; Dedication; Original Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Preface; A map of the diocese of Chester; Part 1: The Diocese; 1. The Structure of the Diocese; 2. The Administration of the Diocese; Part 2: Sin and the Clergy and Parish Officers; 3. Introduction; 4. Sin and the Clergy; 5. Sin and the Churchwardens; 6. Sin and the Schoolmasters and Readers; Part 3: Sin and the Laity; 7. Drunkenness; 8. Defamation and Sexual Slander; 9. Fornication, Adultery, and Bastardy; Part 4: Matrimonial Problems; 10. Child Marriages.; title: 11. Matrimonial Contracts and Disputes12. Clandestine Marriages and Divorce; Part 5: Society and the Church Courts; 13. The Attitudes of Society; 14. The Decline of the Courts; Notes; Bibliography; Index.