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Church Courts, Sex and Marriage in England, 1570-1640 (Paperback, Revised)
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Church Courts, Sex and Marriage in England, 1570-1640 (Paperback, Revised)
Series: Past and Present Publications
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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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