The Heavy-Handed Marriage Counsellor: Regulating Marriage in Some Later-Medieval English Local Ecclesiastical-Court Jurisdictions

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Journal Article The Heavy-Handed Marriage Counsellor: Regulating Marriage in Some Later-Medieval English Local Ecclesiastical-Court Jurisdictions Get access L.R. Poos L.R. Poos Associate Professor of History *The Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C. This article originated as a paper delivered to the annual meeting of the American Society for Legal History in Memphis, Tennessee, on 22–23 October 1993. The author is grateful for comments received on that occasion, especially from Professors Elaine Clark, Richard Helmholz, and Victoria List. Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar American Journal of Legal History, Volume 39, Issue 3, July 1995, Pages 291–309, https://doi.org/10.2307/845789 Published: 01 July 1995