Church courts and the people in seventeenth-century England : : ecclesiastical justice in peril at Winchester, Worcester and Wells / / Andrew Thomson.

• VerfasserIn: Thomson, Andrew,
• Place / Publishing House: London : : UCL Press,, 2022.
• Year of Publication: 2022
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (xv, 251 pages)

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, and...

Table of Contents

• List of abbreviations
• Foreword
• Acknowledgements
• Map
• Introduction
• 1 Fundamentals: courts and officials
• 2 The nature of Church discipline
• 3 The extent of Church discipline
• 4 Explaining the decline 5 The case of Worcester
• 6 The failure of reform
• Appendices
• 1 Diocesan chancellors
• 2 The nature of Church discipline
• 3 The extent of Church discipline
• 4 Explaining the decline of the courts
• 5 The case of Worcester
• Bibliography
• Index.