Selling the church : the English parish in law, commerce, and religion, 1350-1550 / Robert C. Palmer...
Selling the church : the English parish in law, commerce, and religion, 1350-1550 / Robert C. Palmer...
Selling the church : the English parish in law, commerce, and religion, 1350-1550 / Robert C. Palmer.
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Chapel Hill, N.C. : University of North Carolina Press, 2002.
Date
2002.
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N274.205/ 2
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English
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[xi], 330 p. ; 25 cm.
Contents
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...
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Chapel Hill, N.C. : University of North Carolina Press, 2002.
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North Carolina
Date Published
2002.
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"Palmer analyzes an extensive set of data drawn from common law records to reveal a vigorous and effective effort by the laity to enforce the statutes of 1529. Motivated by both economic incentives and traditional ideals, the litigants used the statutes to compel the residence of their clergy and to make the commercial activities of lease-holding a...
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Selling the church : the English parish in law, commerce, and religion, 1350-1550 / Robert C. Palmer.
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Studies in legal history.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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N274.205/ 2
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74VvlazayR0d
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VvlazayR0d
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ISBN
0807827436 :
9780807827437 (alk. paper)
0807827436 (alk. paper)
9780807827437 :
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274.205
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991017396869702626
