Table of Contents

Foreword, David Ibbetson (University of Cambridge, UK)

Introduction, Norman Doe (Cardiff University, UK) and Stephen Coleman (Cardiff University, UK)

1. The Medieval Antecedents: Pre-Reformation Canon Law, Sarah B White (University of Nottingham, UK)

2. The Reformation and the King’s Ecclesiastical Law: 1533-58, Michelle L Johnson (King’s College London, UK) and Will Adam (Archdeacon of Canterbury, UK)

3. The Elizabethan Settlement: 1558-1603, Paul Barber (Barrister, UK) and Morag Ellis KC (Archbishop of Canterbury’s Faculty Office, UK)

4. The Source and Limit of the King’s Ecclesiastical Law: 1603-60, Ian Blaney (Lee Bolton Monier-Williams, UK)

5. The Restoration and Re-Establishment: 1660-1701, Russell Sandberg (Cardiff University, UK)

6. The Church in Danger - Legal Perspectives: 1701-60, Stephen Coleman (Cardiff University, UK)

7. The Ecclesiastical Law and Religious Pluralism: 1760-1837, Norman Doe (Cardiff University, UK)

8. The Victorian Church: Revival, Reform, Ritualism: 1837-1901, Charlotte Smith (National Archives, UK)

9. The ‘New World’ of Ecclesiastical Law: 1901-47, Russell Dewhurst (Cardiff University, UK)

10. The Post-War Church - Revision and Stability: 1947-94, Neil Patterson (Diocese of Hereford, UK)

11. Change and Decay - The Twilight Years of an Established Church, Mark Hill KC (Chancellor of the Dioceses of Chichester, Leeds and Europe, UK)

12. Conclusion, Norman Doe and Stephen Coleman (Cardiff University, UK)

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The first comprehensive analysis of the principal legal landmarks in the evolution of the established Church of England since the Reformation.

About the Author

Norman Doe is Professor of Law and Director of the Centre for Law and Religion, The School of Law and Politics, Cardiff University, UK.

Stephen Coleman is Priest-in-Charge of the Grosvenor Chapel, Mayfair, and Assistant Director of the Centre for Law and Religion, The School of Law and Politics, Cardiff University, UK.