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List of tables List of maps Preface Conventions and abbreviations Introduction Part I. The Legal and Social Background: 1. The structure of ecclesiastical justice 2. Economic and social structures 3. Religion and the people 4. Sex and marriage: laws, ideals and popular practice Part II. Sex and Marriage: The Pattern of Prosecutions: 5. Matrimonial causes: (i) the breakdown of marriage 6. Matrimonial causes: (ii) marriage formation 7. Prenuptial fornication and bridal pregnancy 8. Incest, adultery and fornication 9. Aiding and abetting sexual offences 10. Sexual slander Part III. Church Courts and Society: 11. The effectiveness of ecclesiastical justice 12. Church courts and society in 1640: retrospect and prospect Bibliography Index.
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