This book provides the first comprehensive analysis of the principal legal landmarks in the evolution of the law of the established Church of England from the R

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Canon law touched nearly every aspect of medieval society, including many issues we now think of as purely secular. It regulated marriages, oaths, usury, sorcer

After decades of neglect there has been a resurgence of interest in the history of the Church of England in 'the long eighteenth century'. This volume of essays

Marks the centenary of the Church in Wales and critically assesses landmarks in its evolution.