History Of The Law Of Tithes In England

In this comprehensive history of English law, the Joneses trace the evolution of tithes - the payment of a proportion of agriculture production to religious institutions - from Roman times through the 18th century. They explore the social, economic, and religious factors that led to the establishment and enforcement of tithing laws, and how these laws influenced the development of English society. Anyone with an interest in legal history or the history of Christianity in England will find this book to be an essential resource. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

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Excerpt from The History of the Law of Tithes in England: Being the Yorke Prize Essay of the University of Cambridge for 1887 In the following pages an attempt has been made to deal with the History of the Law of Tithes, as far as concerns the arrangement, upon a plan which if somewhat novel has still the slight merit of being both scientific and peculiarly adapted to carry out one of the objects for which the work was written. That is, to present to the reader a short and clear history of the rise and growth of the Tithing System in this country, free from technical and other difficulties. The plan adopted is first to treat of the history of the Substantive, and then of that of the Adjective Law of Tithe. The first six chapters are devoted to the former, and thus in a succinct form what may be called the more popular and to the general reader the more interesting part of the subject is comprised. The seventh chapter has an intermediate position, and deals with the history of Titheable matters; the eighth, ninth and tenth are occupied with the Adjective Law or Procedure, the tenth being devoted entirely to the consideration of Discharges and Exemptions. The law as regards the City and Liberties of London is shortly dealt with, apart from the other portions of the work, in the last chapter. The working-out of such a plan as the above necessitates a certain amount of overlapping and repetition, but this, it is hoped, does not constitute a formidable disadvantage. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.