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Church Courts, Sex and Marriage in England, 1570–1640

Church Courts, Sex and Marriage in England, 1570–1640

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  • Date Published: March 1990
  • availability: Available
  • format: Paperback
  • isbn: 9780521386555

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  • Adultery, fornication, breach of marriage contract, sexual slander - these, along with religious offences of various kinds, were typical of the cases dealt with by the ecclesiastical courts in Elizabethan and early Stuart England. What was it like to live in a society in which personal morality was regulated by law in this fashion? How far-reaching was such surveillance in actual practice? How did ordinary people view the courts - as useful institutions upholding accepted standards, or as an alien system purveying unwanted values? How effective were the church courts in influencing attitudes and behaviour? Previous assessments of ecclesiastical justice, coloured by contemporary puritan and common law criticisms, have mostly been unfavourable. This in-depth, richly documented study of the sex and marriage business dealt with under church law, based on the records of the courts in Wiltshire, Cambridgeshire, Leicestershire and West Sussex in the period 1570–1640, presents a more balanced and more positive view.

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    ' … a constantly challenging, constantly interesting monograph which makes a valuable contribution to early modern social, ecclesiastical and legal history.' The Times Higher Education Supplement

    ' … an outstanding work of institutional and social history.' English Historical Review

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    • Date Published: March 1990
    • format: Paperback
    • isbn: 9780521386555
    • length: 432 pages
    • dimensions: 216 x 136 x 30 mm
    • weight: 0.532kg
    • availability: Available
  • Table of Contents

    List of tables
    List of maps
    Preface
    Conventions and abbreviations
    Introduction
    Part I. The Legal and Social Background:
    1. The structure of ecclesiastical justice
    2. Economic and social structures
    3. Religion and the people
    4. Sex and marriage: laws, ideals and popular practice
    Part II. Sex and Marriage: The Pattern of Prosecutions:
    5. Matrimonial causes: (i) the breakdown of marriage
    6. Matrimonial causes: (ii) marriage formation
    7. Prenuptial fornication and bridal pregnancy
    8. Incest, adultery and fornication
    9. Aiding and abetting sexual offences
    10. Sexual slander
    Part III. Church Courts and Society:
    11. The effectiveness of ecclesiastical justice
    12. Church courts and society in 1640: retrospect and prospect
    Bibliography
    Index.

  • Editor

    Martin Ingram

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