The Reformation-Era Church Courts of England: A Study of the Acta of the Archidiaconal and Consistory Court at Chester, 1540-1542

Much work has been done over the last fifty 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 1540-42. His analysis shows that the Chester court did not deviate significantly from the general legal and theological structure and function of Tudor church courts of the period.

Grantor dc:publisher

University of North Texas

Year dc:date

2000

Author dc:creator

• Mitchener, Donald Keith

Contributors dc:contributor

• Stern, Laura
• Golden, Richard M.
• Painter, William E.
• Coomes, Edward John, Jr.

• Ecclesiastical courts -- England -- Chester -- History.
• Church of England. Diocese of Chester. Consistory Court.
• British history
• ecclesiastical courts
• Chester
• church courts
• theological structure

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• Use restricted to UNT Community
• Copyright
• Mitchener, Donald K.
• Copyright is held by the author, unless otherwise noted. All rights reserved.

Language dc:language

English

Identifier

oclc: 47186313
untcat: b2300781
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