'Malicious Backbiters and Fornication Follies: A View of Manx Society through the Ecclesiastical Courts, 1755-1795'
Date(s): August 2001
Creator(s): Newth, Lisa-Marie
Scope & Content: Dissertation submitted in partial fulfillment of the regulations for the degree of Master of Philosophy in Social and Economic History, University of Cambridge. The dissertation is a an examination of the dynamics of the church court within the society of the Isle of Man. Chapters covered: general influence of the Manx ecclesiastical courts; sexual deviation and its punishment; defamation, appendix includes a table to show the number of presentments made from 1755-1795 (every 10 years).
Language: English
Extent: 1 volume
Physical description: paper
Item name: dissertation
Collection: Manuscript Archive
Level: ITEM
ID number: MS 11498
Record class: Private
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