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KD 8747 .S453 H578 1618
Creation Date
1618
Description
Selden, John. The Historie of Tithes, That is, the Practice of Payment of Them, the Positive Laws Made for Them, the Opinions Touching the Right of Them, a Review of It is Also Annext, Which Both Confirmes it and Directs in the Use of It. 1st ed., variant A. London: [S.n.], 1618.
The Historie of Tithes, perhaps the most influential and controversial work by John Selden (1584–1654), addresses the issue of the divine right to impose tithes and the role of lay patronage in the church. Based on extensive research of original sources, Selden's tract denies the sovereignty of canon law (except in spiritual matters), arguing instead that common law directed and defined the limits of canon law. This argument was the first to expose the widening gulf between seventeenth century reason and faith.
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