Church Courts, Sex and Marriage in England, 1570-1640

by Martin Ingram

Book Overview

Adultery, fornication, breach of marriage contract, sexual slander - these, along with religious offences of various kinds, were typical of the cases dealt with by the ecclesiastical courts in Elizabethan and early Stuart England. What was it like to live in a society in which personal morality was regulated by law in this fashion? How far-reaching was such surveillance in actual practice? How did ordinary people view the courts - as useful institutions...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521386551
• ISBN13: 9780521386555
• Release Date: March 1990
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 432 Pages
• Weight: 0.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.5" x 8.5"