medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
John Wickstrom wrote:
>
> 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?
The simplest answer is that the Ecclesiastical Courts continued - indeed
they exist to this day, but ceased to have jurisdiction is marital disputes
in 1858.
John Briggs
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