medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
John Wickstrom wrote:
> medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
>
> But surely cases of adultery in pre-Anglican days were held in
> ecclesiastical courts (and probably afterwards as well: I presume the
> Anglican Church developed its own code of canon law: was this based on the
> Roman canons or started de novo somehow, based on common law?
> jbw
New Canons were based on English Common Law, and did not reach a stable form
until 1604, but pre-reformation Canons which were not superseded by the 1604
Canons and did not infringe Common Law or Royal Prerogative continued in
force under section 7 of the Submission of the Clergy Act (1533). This
section was eventually repealed by the Statute Law (Repeals) Act of 1969,
thereby ending the legal force of any pre-Reformation Canons.
Gordon
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