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The spiritual jurisdiction in Reformation Scotland
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- Book Synopsis
- Thomas Green examines the Scottish Reformation from a new perspective - the legal system and lawyers. For the leading lawyers of the day, the Scottish Reformation presented a constitutional and jurisdictional crisis of the first order. In the face of such a challenge moderate judges, lawyers and officers of state sought to restore order in a time of revolution by retaining much of the medieval legacy of Catholic law and order in Scotland. Green covers the Wars of the Congregation, the Reformation Parliament, the legitimacy of the Scottish government from 1558 to 1561, the courts of the early Church of Scotland and the legal significance of Mary Stewart's personal reign. He also considers neglected aspects of the Reformation, including the roles of the Court of Session and of the Court of the Commissaries of Edinburgh.
- About The Author
- Thomas M. Green is Lecturer in Private Law at the University of Aberdeen. He holds degrees in history, historical theology and ecclesiastical history, is a former British Academy Postdoctoral Fellow at the School of Law, University of Edinburgh, and is a former Honorary Research Fellow at the School of Law, University of Glasgow.
- Product Details
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- ISBN
- 9781474484299
- Format
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press, (31 May 2021)
- Number of Pages
- 224
- Weight
- 342 grams
- Language
- English
- Dimensions
- 234 x 156 x 19 mm
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