LEADER 03323nam 22006734a 450 001 9910455502703321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a0-8078-6139-1 035 $a(CKB)111087027917606 035 $a(EBL)413385 035 $a(OCoLC)476237278 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000243894 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11186034 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000243894 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10164521 035 $a(PQKB)10968429 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC413385 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL413385 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10047163 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL929935 035 $a(EXLCZ)99111087027917606 100 $a20020312d2002 ub 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aSelling the church$b[electronic resource] $ethe English parish in law, commerce, and religion, 1350-1550 /$fRobert C. Palmer 210 $aChapel Hill $cUniversity of North Carolina Press$dc2002 215 $a1 online resource (344 p.) 225 1 $aStudies in legal history 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-4696-1502-9 311 $a0-8078-2743-6 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [313]-317) and index. 327 $aContents; 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 1529 327 $aAppendix 5: Request of a FeoffeeAppendix 6: Premunire; Bibliography; Index 330 $aIn the years of expanding state authority following the Black Death, English common law permitted the leasing of parishes by their rectors and vicars, who then pursued interests elsewhere and left the parish in the control of lay lessees. But a series of statutes enacted by Henry VIII between 1529 and 1540 effectively reduced such clerical absenteeism. Robert Palmer examines this transformation of the English parish and argues that it was an important part of the English Reformation.Palmer analyzes an extensive set of data drawn from common law records to reveal a vigorous and effectiv 410 0$aStudies in legal history. 606 $aChurch and state$zEngland$xHistory 606 $aParishes$zEngland$xHistory 606 $aLeases$zEngland$xHistory 606 $aBenefices, Ecclesiastical$zEngland$xHistory 606 $aReformation$zEngland 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aChurch and state$xHistory. 615 0$aParishes$xHistory. 615 0$aLeases$xHistory. 615 0$aBenefices, Ecclesiastical$xHistory. 615 0$aReformation 676 $a274.2/05 700 $aPalmer$b Robert C.$f1947-$0906278 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910455502703321 996 $aSelling the church$92026876 997 $aUNINA