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Roman canon law in Reformation England, R.H. Helmholz

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Roman canon law in Reformation England, R.H. Helmholz

Language

eng

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Roman canon law in Reformation England

Nature of contents

dictionaries

Responsibility statement

R.H. Helmholz

Series statement

Cambridge studies in English legal history

Summary

In this book one of the world's foremost legal historians draws upon the evidence of the canon law, court records and the English common-law system to demonstrate the extent to which, contrary to received wisdom, Roman canon law survived in England after the upheavals of the Protestant Reformation. R. H. Helmholz provides an extensive examination of the manuscript records of the ecclesiastical courts and professional literature of the English civilians. Rebutting the views of Maitland and others, he shows how English looked to the Continent for guidance and authority in administering the system of justice they had inherited from the Middle Ages. Intellectual links between England and the Continent are shown to have survived the Reformation and the abolition of papal jurisdiction. The extent to which papal material was still used in England during the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries will interest all readers and surprise many

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