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Papal Authority and the Limits of the Law in Tudor England

Papal Authority and the Limits of the Law in Tudor England
Papal Authority and the Limits of the Law in Tudor England
This volume brings together contributions from two separate editors. The first, Part I: Rivalling Rome: Cardinal Wolsey and dispensations, is a collection of texts edited by Peter Clarke that evidence Cardinal Thomas Wolsey's legatine powers to grant dispensations and other papal graces and his exercise of these powers during the 1520s in Henry VIII's realm; these papal favours released Henry's subjects from the rules of canon law in certain instances. The second is a text edited by Michael Questier comprising glosses on and suggested readings of the Elizabethan statute law which imposed treason penalties on Catholic clergy who exercised their office in reconciling to Rome (i.e. absolving from schism and heresy) and on those who availed themselves of this sacramental power. Both contributions illuminate the limits of the law and flexibility in interpreting and applying it and regard the role of Catholic clergy as agents of papal authority in Tudor England before and after the break with Rome.
history, canon law, church courts
0960-1163
Cambridge University Press
Clarke, Peter D.
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Questier, Michael
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Clarke, Peter D.
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Questier, Michael
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Clarke, Peter D. and Questier, Michael (eds.) (2015) Papal Authority and the Limits of the Law in Tudor England (Camden Fifth Series, 48), vol. 48, Cambridge, GB. Cambridge University Press, 167pp.

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This volume brings together contributions from two separate editors. The first, Part I: Rivalling Rome: Cardinal Wolsey and dispensations, is a collection of texts edited by Peter Clarke that evidence Cardinal Thomas Wolsey's legatine powers to grant dispensations and other papal graces and his exercise of these powers during the 1520s in Henry VIII's realm; these papal favours released Henry's subjects from the rules of canon law in certain instances. The second is a text edited by Michael Questier comprising glosses on and suggested readings of the Elizabethan statute law which imposed treason penalties on Catholic clergy who exercised their office in reconciling to Rome (i.e. absolving from schism and heresy) and on those who availed themselves of this sacramental power. Both contributions illuminate the limits of the law and flexibility in interpreting and applying it and regard the role of Catholic clergy as agents of papal authority in Tudor England before and after the break with Rome.

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e-pub ahead of print date: 4 September 2015
Published date: 19 November 2015
Keywords: history, canon law, church courts
Organisations: History

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Local EPrints ID: 372911
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/372911
ISSN: 0960-1163
PURE UUID: 8e8b7b39-0727-4587-961e-141eef650d73

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Editor: Peter D. Clarke
Editor: Michael Questier

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