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Author Pryce, Huw (University lecturer)

Title Native law and the church in medieval Wales / Huw Pryce
Published Oxford : Clarendon Press ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1993

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Description 1 online resource (xiv, 292 pages) : maps
Series Oxford historical monographs
Oxford historical monographs.
Contents Cover -- Preface -- Contents -- List of Maps -- List of Tables -- Abbreviations and Conventions -- Introduction -- Part I: Co-operation and Conflict -- 1. Lawbooks and Lawyers -- 2. The Sacred Dimension to Legal Processes -- 3. Ecclesiastical Criticism of Welsh Law -- 4. Marriage and Inheritance -- 5. Testamentary Disposition -- Part II: Privilege and Power -- Introduction -- 6. The Legal Status of Clerics -- 7. Ecclesiastical Sanctuary -- 8. Land and Lordship -- 9. Church and State -- Conclusion -- Glossary -- Bibliography -- Index -- Last Page
Summary This text provides a study of the relationship between native secular law and the Church in medieval Wales. It assesses the influence of the Church on Welsh law and considers the extent to which the law defended the authority and possessions of the Church
Analysis Law Effects of Christianity
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 261-279)
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Subject Ecclesiastical law -- Wales -- History
Law, Celtic -- History
Law -- Wales -- History
Ecclesiastical law
Law
Law, Celtic
Volksrechte
Kirchenrecht
Recht.
Kerkrecht.
Wales
Wales
Genre/Form Electronic books
History
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9780191675904
0191675903
6610766983
9786610766987
1280766980
9781280766985