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2020 ◽  
Vol 59 (1) ◽  
pp. 190-191
Author(s):  
Shannon McSheffrey
Keyword(s):  
Middle Ages ◽  
Medieval England ◽  
Church Courts ◽  
Popular Memory ◽  
And Gender ◽  
The Church ◽  
The Middle Ages

Circumspecte Agatis Revisited

1984 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 105-127 ◽  
Author(s):  
David Millon
Keyword(s):  
Middle Ages ◽  
Legal System ◽  
Canon Law ◽  
Church Courts ◽  
The Church ◽  
The Middle Ages

During the middle ages the church maintained a legal system largely independent of English secular justice. Its primary functions were to enforce canon law as it directed the spiritual welfare of all Christians and to regulate the institutions and personnel of the church. Thus, church courts prosecuted sinners and adjudicated disputes between individuals in which some sacramental matter, such as an oath, marriage or testament, was at stake. In addition, canon law governed appointments, powers and duties of ecclesiastical office holders and the juridical relations among various offices.

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