Selling the church : the English parish in law, commerce, and religion, 1350-1550 /
In the years after the Black Death, English law allowed the leasing of parishes to the laity. However, statutes introduced between 1529 and 1540 reduced such clerical absenteeism. This text argues that this transformation of the English parish was an important part of the English Reformation.
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Chapel Hill ; London :
The University of North Carolina Press,
[2002]
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Colección: | Studies in legal history.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Sumario: | In the years after the Black Death, English law allowed the leasing of parishes to the laity. However, statutes introduced between 1529 and 1540 reduced such clerical absenteeism. This text argues that this transformation of the English parish was an important part of the English Reformation. |
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Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (330 pages) : illustrations |
Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 313-317) and index. |
ISBN: | 0807861391 9780807861394 0807827436 9780807827437 |