RT Book
T1 Roman canon law in Reformation England
T2 Cambridge studies in English legal history
A1 Helmholz, R.
LA English
PP Cambridge
PB Cambridge University Press
YR 1990
UL https://www.ixtheo.de/Record/883375397
AB 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.
NO Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015)
CN KD8605
SN 9780511522574
K1 Ecclesiastical Law : England : History.
K1 Canon Law : History.
K1 Canon Law : History
K1 Ecclesiastical Law : England : History
K1 Ecclesiastical law ; England ; History
K1 Canon law ; History
K1 England ; Religion ; 17th century
K1 England : Religion, 17th century.
K1 England : Religion : 17th century
DO 10.1017/CBO9780511522574