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Showing 1 to 5 of 5 for “"church courts"”.
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The church courts in Restoration England, 1660–c. 1689
After a two-decade hiatus, the English church courts were revived by an act of Parliament on 27 July 1661, to resume their traditional task of correcting spiritual and moral misdemeanours. Soon thereafter, parishioners across England’s dioceses once more faced admonition, fines, excommunication, …
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The Reformation-Era Church Courts of England: A Study of the Acta of the Archidiaconal and Consistory Court at Chester, 1540-1542
… years in the study of the English ecclesiastical courts. One court that thus far has escaped much significant scholarly attention, however, is the one located in Chester, England. The author analyzes the acta of that court in order to determine what types of cases were being heard during the years …
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Dissent and the Church of Scotland, 1660-1690
… three chapters deal with the post-Restoration church settlement and public reactions to that settlement, and these chapters are revisionist in approach. It is usually claimed that the decision to disestablish `presbytery' and revive `prelacy' in 1661 was unpopular, but the evidence in chapters …
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Gender, crime and the local courts in Kent, 1460-1560
… offences in local secular and ecclesiastical courts in Kent from 1460 to 1560. Chapter one explains the need for research on gender and crime in local courts, and for studies bridging the historiographical gap between medieval and early modem England. Chapter two examines crimes against …
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A social history of illegitimacy in Ireland from the late eighteenth to the early twentieth century
… in the study. The major sources - Presbyterian church court records, parish registers, official records and workhouse registers - are examined in turn and their strengths and limitations acknowledged.<br/><br/>Chapter 4 presents data obtained from Presbyterian church courts in the eighteenth …