'Mid-Seventeenth Century Church Court Presentments in the Isle of Man : Social Control or Salvation for Sinners?'
Date(s): 1999
Creator(s): Platten, Jennifer A.
Scope & Content: Dissertation submitted for Masters degree in Manx Studies at the University of Liverpool (Centre for Manx Studies) in which the author endeavors to ascertain the motives of the church courts in prosecuting the more common offences which occurred in the presentments, and to ascertain whether these motives were of a secular or spiritual base. The dissertation is arranged in the following sections : introduction, fornication and adultery, slander, cursing, Sunday working and non-attendance at Church, members of the clergy, administration and church maintenance, 1659, and conclusion. Tables documenting the incidence of certain types of case are included.
Language: English
Extent: 1 volume
Item name: dissertation
Collection: Manuscript Archive
Level: ITEM
ID number: MS 10200
Record class: Private
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