03308nam 2200385 450 991059229400332120230517101144.010.14324/111.9781800083134(CKB)5840000000091286(NjHacI)995840000000091286(EXLCZ)99584000000009128620230517d2022 uy 0engur|||||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierChurch courts and the people in seventeenth-century England ecclesiastical justice in peril at Winchester, Worcester and Wells /Andrew ThomsonLondon :UCL Press,2022.1 online resource (xv, 251 pages)1-80008-316-5 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.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 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-- Provided by publisher.Church Courts and the People in Seventeenth-Century England Church and stateEnglandHistory16th centuryEnglandChurch history17th centuryChurch and stateHistory274.206Thomson Andrew829393NjHacINjHaclBOOK9910592294003321Church Courts and the People in Seventeenth-Century England3017693UNINA