The ecclesiastical courts : structures and procedures
The business of the courts, 1500-1640
Tithe causes
Wills and testamentary causes
Defamation suits
Matrimonial suits and marriage licenses
Office causes
The roots of expansion and critical voices
Charting decline, 1640-1830
Explaining decline
The bills of 1733-1734
Snips and repairs : small steps to reform, 1753-1813
Royal commissions and early fruits, 1815-1832
Reform frustrated
Reforms thick and fast, 1854-1860.
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The rise and fall of the English ecclesiastical courts, 1500-1860 by R. B. Outhwaite. ISBN 9780521869386. Published by Cambridge University Press in 2006. Publication and catalogue information, links to buy online and reader comments.
