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London church courts and society on the eve of the Reformation
Richard M. Wunderli-
Frontmatter
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List of Figures and Tables (page ix)
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Acknowledgments (page xi)
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List of Abbreviations (page xiii)
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Introduction (page 1)
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Chapter
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I THE COURTS (page 7)
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1. The Consistory Court (page 7)
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2. The Commissary Court (page 10)
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3. Other London Church Courts (page 15)
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4. Court of Arches (page 18)
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5. Number of Cases (page 19)
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II AN ECCLESIASTICAL LEGAL SYSTEM (page 25)
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1. London and Londoners (page 25)
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2. Reporting Suspects (page 31)
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3. Trials (page 40)
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4. Sanctions (page 49)
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5. Court Fees (page 54)
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6. Judges and the Law (page 55)
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7. Conclusion (page 61)
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III DEFAMATION (page 63)
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1. Procedure (page 68)
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2. Numbers and Dispositions of Cases (page 72)
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3. The Litigants (page 75)
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4. Defamatory Words (page 76)
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IV SEXUAL CRIMES (page 81)
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1. Adultery (page 84)
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2. Fornication (page 88)
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3. Pimping (page 92)
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4. Prostitution (page 96)
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5. Conclusion (page 101)
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V OTHER LITIGATION (page 103)
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1. Breach of Faith and Petty Debt (page 104)
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2. Tithes (page 108)
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3. Probate (page 113)
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4. Marriage (page 118)
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5. Nonobservance of Sundays and Feast Days (page 122)
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6. Other Crimes (page 123)
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Conclusion (page 133)
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Appendix A: Tables (page 141)
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Appendix B: Sample Folios from the "Acta quoad correctionem delinquentium" (page 149)
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Bibliography of Manuscript Sources (page 161)
Journal Abbreviation | Label | URL |
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AHR | 87.2 (Apr. 1982): 444 | http://www.jstor.org/stable/1870157 |
A | 14.1 (Spring 1982): 75-76 | http://www.jstor.org/stable/4048489 |
ENHR | 99.390 (Jan. 1984): 163-164 | http://www.jstor.org/stable/567958 |
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Published: c1981
Publisher: Medieval Academy of America
- 9780910956710 (paper)