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Religion meant far more in early modern England than church on Sundays, a baptism, a funeral or a wedding ceremony. The Church was fully enmeshed in the everyday lives of the people; in particular, their morals and religious observance. The Church imposed comprehensive regulations on its flock, such as sex before marriage, adultery and receiving the sacrament, and it employed an army of informers and bureaucrats, headed by a diocesan chancellor, to enable its courts to enforce the rules. Church courts lay, thus, at the very intersection of Church and people. The courts of the seventeenth century - when 'a cyclonic shattering' produced a 'great overturning of everything in England' - have, surprisingly, had to wait until now for scrutiny. Church Courts and the People in Seventeenth-Century England offers a detailed survey of three dioceses across the whole of the century, examining key aspects such as attendance at court, completion of business and, crucially, the scale of guilt to test the performance of the courts. While the study will capture the interest of lawyers to clergymen, or from local historians to sociologists, its primary appeal will be to researchers in the field of Church history. For students and researchers of the seventeenth century, it provides a full account of court operations, measuring the extent of control, challenging orthodoxies about excommunication, penance and juries, contextualising ecclesiastical justice within major societal issues of the times and, ultimately, presents powerful evidence for a 'church in danger' by the end of the century.

Ecclesiastical courts --- History. --- Church courts --- Courts, Church --- Courts, Ecclesiastical --- Ecclesiastical tribunals --- Tribunals, Ecclesiastical --- Canon law --- Church discipline --- Courts --- Ecclesiastical law

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The first history of ecclesiastical jurisdiction in England that covers the period up to the removal of principal subjects inherited from the Middle Ages. Probate, marriage and divorce, tithes, defamation, and disciplinary prosecutions involving the laity are all covered. All disappeared from the church's courts during the mid-nineteenth century, and were taken over by the royal courts. The book traces the steps and reasons - large and small - by which this occurred.

Ecclesiastical courts --- History --- History. --- Church courts --- Courts, Church --- Courts, Ecclesiastical --- Ecclesiastical tribunals --- Tribunals, Ecclesiastical --- Canon law --- Church discipline --- Courts --- Ecclesiastical law --- Law --- General and Others --- Ecclesiastical courts - England - History

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Ecclesiastical courts --- Reformation --- Tribunaux ecclésiastiques --- Réforme (Christianisme) --- History --- Histoire --- Great Britain --- Grande-Bretagne --- Church history --- Histoire religieuse --- 284.1 <41> --- -Church courts --- Courts, Church --- Courts, Ecclesiastical --- Ecclesiastical tribunals --- Tribunals, Ecclesiastical --- Canon law --- Church discipline --- Courts --- Ecclesiastical law --- Lutheraanse hervorming. Reformatie van Luther--Verenigd Koninkrijk van Groot-Brittannië en Noord-Ierland --- History. --- -Lutheraanse hervorming. Reformatie van Luther--Verenigd Koninkrijk van Groot-Brittannië en Noord-Ierland --- 284.1 <41> Lutheraanse hervorming. Reformatie van Luther--Verenigd Koninkrijk van Groot-Brittannië en Noord-Ierland --- Tribunaux ecclésiastiques --- Réforme (Christianisme) --- Church courts --- Ecclesiastical courts - Great Britain - History

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Canon law --- Droit canonique --- History --- Histoire --- -Canon law --- -Ecclesiastical courts --- -Letters, Papal --- -Papal letters --- Papal documents --- Church courts --- Courts, Church --- Courts, Ecclesiastical --- Ecclesiastical tribunals --- Tribunals, Ecclesiastical --- Church discipline --- Courts --- Ecclesiastical law --- Public law (Canon law) --- Law --- Rescripts, Papal --- Sources --- Catholic Church --- -History --- Letters [Papal ] --- Ecclesiastical courts --- Europe --- Letters, Papal --- Papal letters

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Until 1855, slanderous language was punishable in Britain's ecclesiastical courts. Waddams shows how the law worked not only in theory but in practice. The evidence of the witnesses supplies fascinating details of day-to-day events.

Libel and slander --- Ecclesiastical courts --- Adultery --- Fornication --- Illicit sexual intercourse --- Sex crimes --- Adulterous relationships --- Cheating, Marital --- Extra-marital sex --- Extramarital sex --- Infidelity, Marital --- Marital cheating --- Marital infidelity --- Marriage --- Paramours --- Church courts --- Courts, Church --- Courts, Ecclesiastical --- Ecclesiastical tribunals --- Tribunals, Ecclesiastical --- Canon law --- Church discipline --- Courts --- Ecclesiastical law --- Calumny --- Defamation --- Slander --- Torts --- History. --- Law and legislation --- History --- England. --- Angleterre --- Anglii͡ --- Anglija --- Engeland --- Inghilterra --- Inglaterra