03323nam 22006734a 450 991045550270332120200520144314.00-8078-6139-1(CKB)111087027917606(EBL)413385(OCoLC)476237278(SSID)ssj0000243894(PQKBManifestationID)11186034(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000243894(PQKBWorkID)10164521(PQKB)10968429(MiAaPQ)EBC413385(Au-PeEL)EBL413385(CaPaEBR)ebr10047163(CaONFJC)MIL929935(EXLCZ)9911108702791760620020312d2002 ub 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrSelling the church[electronic resource] the English parish in law, commerce, and religion, 1350-1550 /Robert C. PalmerChapel Hill University of North Carolina Pressc20021 online resource (344 p.)Studies in legal historyDescription based upon print version of record.1-4696-1502-9 0-8078-2743-6 Includes bibliographical references (p. [313]-317) and index.Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. The Parish as a Governed Community; 2. The Parish as a Commercial Entity; 3. The Common Law and the Mundane Church; 4. Parish Leases: The Practice; 5. Parish Leases: Conflicts and Consequences; 6. Reforming the Parish by Statute; 7. Enforcing the Statutes of 1529; 8. The Dissolution of the Religious Houses; 9. Conceiving the Reformation; Appendix 1: Bailiff Style of Parish Manager; Appendix 2: Incidence of Nonparish Leaseholds in Common Pleas; Appendix 3: Parish Leases from the Plea Rolls; Appendix 4: Enforcement Suits under the Statutes of 1529Appendix 5: Request of a FeoffeeAppendix 6: Premunire; Bibliography; IndexIn the years of expanding state authority following the Black Death, English common law permitted the leasing of parishes by their rectors and vicars, who then pursued interests elsewhere and left the parish in the control of lay lessees. But a series of statutes enacted by Henry VIII between 1529 and 1540 effectively reduced such clerical absenteeism. Robert Palmer examines this transformation of the English parish and argues that it was an important part of the English Reformation.Palmer analyzes an extensive set of data drawn from common law records to reveal a vigorous and effectivStudies in legal history.Church and stateEnglandHistoryParishesEnglandHistoryLeasesEnglandHistoryBenefices, EcclesiasticalEnglandHistoryReformationEnglandElectronic books.Church and stateHistory.ParishesHistory.LeasesHistory.Benefices, EcclesiasticalHistory.Reformation274.2/05Palmer Robert C.1947-906278MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910455502703321Selling the church2026876UNINA